Democratizing software: Open source, the hacker ethic, and beyond

First Monday

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Jesiek, Brent K ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 32144455759     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v8i10.1082     Document Type: Article

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