Coding free software, coding free states: Free software legislation and the politics of code in Peru

Anthropological Quarterly

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 531-545

  Chan, Anita ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 5644277722     PISSN: 00035491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/anq.2004.0046     Document Type: Review

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