Coding freedom: the ethics and aesthetics of hacking

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Acknowledgments ix Introduction - A Tale of Two Worlds 1 PART I - HISTORIES Chapter 1: The Life of a Free Software Hacker 25 Chapter 2: A Tale of Two Legal Regimes 61 PART II - CODES OF VALUE Chapter 3: The Craft and Craftiness of Hacking 93 Chapter 4:Two Ethical Moments in Debian 123 PART III - THE POLITICS OF AVOWAL AND DISAVOWAL Chapter 5: Code Is Speech 161 Conclusion: The Cultural Critique of Intellectual Property Law 185 Epilogue: How to Proliferate Distinctions, Not Destroy Them 207 Notes 211 References 225 Index 249