Free Software

By calling Free Software a recursive public, I am doing two things: first, I am drawing attention to the democratic and political significance of Free Software and the Internet; and second, I am suggesting that our current understanding both academic and colloquial of what counts as a self-governing public, or even as “the public,” is radically inadequate to understanding the contemporary reori entation of knowledge and power.

Recursive Publics: Hardly a Two-Bit Idea glyn moody 2008

"Open-source" software, like Free Software, and much of what I refer to as "free culture" is creative work that is protected by a copyright license.

Lawrence Lessig: An Obvious Distinction Lawrence Lessig 2010

"Open-source" software, like Free Software, and much of what I refer to as "free culture" is creative work that is protected by a copyright license.

Lawrence Lessig: An Obvious Distinction Lawrence Lessig 2010

"Open-source" software, like Free Software, and much of what I refer to as "free culture" is creative work that is protected by a copyright license.

Lawrence Lessig: An Obvious Distinction Lawrence Lessig 2010

"Open-source" software, like Free Software, and much of what I refer to as "free culture" is creative work that is protected by a copyright license.

Lawrence Lessig: An Obvious Distinction Lawrence Lessig 2010

"Open-source" software, like Free Software, and much of what I refer to as "free culture" is creative work that is protected by a copyright license.

Lawrence Lessig: An Obvious Distinction Lawrence Lessig 2010

But my own fear is that Free Software wouldn't be allowed to exist in a world of effective copyright control.

Steal This Movie! Steven Barnes 2009

I'll say it again, if people were unable to casually copy Photoshop, it would be a huge win for GIMP and Free Software.

Steal This Movie! Steven Barnes 2009

The significance of Free Software extends far beyond the arcane and detailed technical practices of software programmers and “geeks” as I refer to them herein.

Recursive Publics: Hardly a Two-Bit Idea glyn moody 2008

For the last thirty years, the Internet has been the subject of a contest in which Free Software has been both a central combatant and an important architect.

Recursive Publics: Hardly a Two-Bit Idea glyn moody 2008