Code is speech: Legal tinkering, expertise, and protest among free and open source software developers

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 420-454

  Coleman, Gabriella ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Free speech; Hacking; Intellectual property; Law; Open source

Indexed keywords

EID: 77049100532     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: 15481360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1360.2009.01036.x     Document Type: Article

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