Challenging code: A sociological reading of the KDE free software project

Sociology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 496-511

  Alleyne, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

activism; computer programming; free software; hackers; KDE; Linux

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958701817     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038511399620     Document Type: Article

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