Freedom Imagined: Morality and Aesthetics in Open Source Software Design.
This paper is about the interaction between the human imagination and technology among a self-described 'community': that of developers of Free or Open Source Software. I argue that the moral imagination observable in this phenomenon can be understood with reference to its emergence around specific...
| Publicado en: | Ethnos: Journal of Anthropology Vol. 74; no. 1; pp. 51 - 72 |
|---|---|
| Autores principales: | , , |
| Formato: | Artículo |
| Publicado: |
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Mar2009
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=37709369&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 37709369 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00141844 5B2 jtl: Ethnos: Journal of Anthropology issn: 00141844 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Mar2009 vid: 74 iid: 1 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 37709369 10.1080/00141840902751188 ppf: 51 ppct: 21 formats: tig: atl: Freedom Imagined: Morality and Aesthetics in Open Source Software Design. aug: au: Leach, James Nafus, Dawn Krieger, Bernhard affil: University of Aberdeen, UK Intel Corp, UK University of Cambridge, UK su: Technology & ethics Liberty Meritocracy Ethics Open source software Computer programming Computer software -- Social aspects sug: subj: Technology & ethics Liberty Meritocracy Ethics Software publishers (except video game publishers) Computer and software stores Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers Computer, computer peripheral and pre-packaged software merchant wholesalers Other Computer Related Services Custom Computer Programming Services Computer systems design and related services (except video game design and development) Open source software Computer programming Computer software -- Social aspects keyword: ethics freedom progress social form Software ethics freedom progress social form Software ab: This paper is about the interaction between the human imagination and technology among a self-described 'community': that of developers of Free or Open Source Software. I argue that the moral imagination observable in this phenomenon can be understood with reference to its emergence around specific methods of technical production. Principles of openness, truth, freedom and progress, which are also understood as central to the technical production of good software, are reinforced (as a ethical orientation) by their contribution to making 'good' software. A reciprocal dynamic ensues in which better software is seen as dependent on particular social practices and ideologies while these practices and ideologies are given salience by their success in fostering valuable production. Processes key to the generation of this social form are examined before a number of key features of the practice of programming, such as its often combative and individualistic character, and an absence of women in developer communities, are considered in the light of the analysis. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|