Philosophy and Computing: An Introduction
Philosophy and Computing: An Introduction
'Power and the digital divide'
Ethics and Information Technology
The impact of Internet use on the other side of the digital divide
Communications of the ACM - Has the Internet become indispensable?
Perspectives on Free and Open Source Software
Perspectives on Free and Open Source Software
CODE: Collaborative Ownership and the Digital Economy (Leonardo Books)
CODE: Collaborative Ownership and the Digital Economy (Leonardo Books)
Locke, Intellectual Property Rights, and the Information Commons
Ethics and Information Technology
Decoding Liberation: A Philosophical Investigation of Free Software
Decoding Liberation: A Philosophical Investigation of Free Software
Free software, economic 'realities', and information justice
ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society
Free software and the economics of information justice
Ethics and Information Technology
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Is there such a thing as information justice? In this paper, I argue that the current state of the information economy, particularly as it regards information and computing technology (ICT), is unjust, conferring power disproportionately on the information-wealthy at great expense to the information-poor. As ICT becomes the primary method for accessing and manipulating information, it ought to be treated as a foundational layer of the information economy. I argue that by maximizing the liberties (freedom to use, freedom to distribute, freedom to modify, and so on) associated with certain computer software, an incentives-rich and stable environment can be established in ICT that will foster development of the information economy among the information poor. I suggest that the now-mature Free and Open Source Software paradigm, which has already produced widely-used enterprise-class applications, can be harnessed in support of these ends.