A new view of intellectual property and software
Communications of the ACM
Information Inequality
Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
A history of IBM's open-source involvement and strategy
IBM Systems Journal
The Success of Open Source
Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licensing
Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licensing
The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom
The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom
Open Source: Technology and Policy
Open Source: Technology and Policy
At the foundations of information justice
Ethics and Information Technology
Decoding Liberation: The Promise of Free and Open Source Software
Decoding Liberation: The Promise of Free and Open Source Software
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Claims about the potential of free software to reform the production and distribution of software are routinely countered by skepticism that the free software community fails to engage the pragmatic and economic `realities' of a software industry. We argue to the contrary that contemporary business and economic trends definitively demonstrate the financial viability of an economy based on free software. But the argument for free software derives its true normative weight from social justice considerations: the evaluation of the basis for a software economy should be guided by consideration of the social and cultural states which are the ultimate goals of any economic arrangement. That is, the software economy should be evaluated in light of its ability to provide justice. We conclude with a discussion of possible avenues for reform.