For Fun and Profit: A History of the Free and Open Source Software Revolution

The free and open source software movement, from its origins in hacker culture, through the development of...
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Author: Christopher Tozzi
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For Fun and Profit: A History of the Free and Open Source Software Revolution by Tozzi, Christopher

For Fun and Profit: A History of the Free and Open Source Software Revolution

BD$87.44

For Fun and Profit: A History of the Free and Open Source Software Revolution

BD$87.44
Author: Christopher Tozzi
Format: Paperback
Language: English
The free and open source software movement, from its origins in hacker culture, through the development of GNU and Linux, to its commercial use today.

In the 1980s, there was a revolution with far-reaching consequences--a revolution to restore software freedom. In the early 1980s, after decades of making source code available with programs, most programmers ceased sharing code freely. A band of revolutionaries, self-described "hackers," challenged this new norm by building operating systems with source code that could be freely shared. In For Fun and Profit, Christopher Tozzi offers an account of the free and open source software (FOSS) revolution, from its origins as an obscure, marginal effort by a small group of programmers to the widespread commercial use of open source software today. Tozzi explains FOSS's historical trajectory, shaped by eccentric personalities--including Richard Stallman and Linus Torvalds--and driven both by ideology and pragmatism, by fun and profit.

Tozzi examines hacker culture and its influence on the Unix operating system, the reaction to Unix's commercialization, and the history of early Linux development. He describes the commercial boom that followed, when companies invested billions of dollars in products using FOSS operating systems; the subsequent tensions within the FOSS movement; and the battles with closed source software companies (especially Microsoft) that saw FOSS as a threat. Finally, Tozzi describes FOSS's current dominance in embedded computing, mobile devices, and the cloud, as well as its cultural and intellectual influence.

Author: Christopher Tozzi
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 04/09/2024
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.38w x 0.75d
ISBN: 9780262551786
Audience: Young Adult

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