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Articulating the speed(s) of the Internet: the case of open source/free software
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Abstract "The Internet is widely considered as a key factor of speeding up social and cultural change. It
represents the merging of information and communication technologies and enables flows of
information and capital, and communication and co-operation regardless of space and,
possibly, time. The paper ex... view more
"The Internet is widely considered as a key factor of speeding up social and cultural change. It
represents the merging of information and communication technologies and enables flows of
information and capital, and communication and co-operation regardless of space and,
possibly, time. The paper explores the example of Open Source/Free Software development,
i.e. software development in self-organised projects based on a considerable share of
voluntary work. Here, we find complex articulations of speeding up and slowing down
technological development. Open Source/Free Software projects complement the logic of
speeding up technological progress and of obsolescence with a reflexive logic of optionality,
variety and sustainability which addresses the accessibility of technology and knowledge as a
precondition for future creativity beyond markets and organisations." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
information technology; computer; Internet; sustainability; software
Classification
Sociology of Science, Sociology of Technology, Research on Science and Technology
Interactive, electronic Media
Method
documentation
Document language
English
Publication Year
2004
Page/Pages
p. 129-146
Journal
Time & Society, 13 (2004) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/0961463X04040750
Status
Postprint; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications
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