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The hacker ethic, and the spirit of the information age

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Examines the ethos of the information age as represented by the values of the original computer hackers--enthusiastic programmers who share their work with others in a spirit of openness and cooperation.

Author(s): Pekka Himanen
Publisher: Random House
Year: 2001

Language: English
Pages: 232
City: New York
Tags: Computer programming -- Moral and ethical aspects;Hackers;Open source software;Entwicklung;Hacker;Informationsgesellschaft;Kreativität;Wertorientierung;Hacker;Computer hackers

Prologue : what makes hackers tick? a.k.a. Linus's Law / Linus Torvalds --
pt. 1. The work ethic --
ch. 1. The hacker work ethic --
ch. 2. Time is money? --
pt. 2. The money ethic --
ch. 3. Money as a motive --
ch. 4. The academy and the monastery --
pt. 3. The nethic --
ch. 5. From netiquette to a nethic --
ch. 6. The spirit of informationalism --
t Conclusion --
ch. 7. Rest --
Epilogue : informationalism and the network society / Manuel Castells.