Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking

摘要

This text is primarily written with the sociologist or historian on technology/communication in mind. The core idea is that coding can be a speech activity and that hacking is a cultural phenomenon. It should be noted at this point that hacker in this text is used as a non-perjorative term, for those who found and participate in coding communities (the FOSS movement is the key topic of this text). However, from a legal context this text is a useful resource for those who wish to understand how a cultural critique of intellectual property could arise from cultural perspective.