Free software production as critical social practice.

This paper analyses the phenomenon of free and open source software (FOSS) in the light of Luc Boltanski and Ève Chiapello'sThe new spirit of capitalism. It argues that collaborative FOSS production by volunteer software developers is a species of critical social practice in Boltanski and Chiapello'...

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Published in:	Economy & Society Vol. 42; no. 4; pp. 597 - 626
Main Author:	Barron, Anne
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Nov2013
Subjects:	Boltanski, Luc, 1940- Chiapello, Eve Capitalism Open source software Freeware (Computer software)
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost