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  • By calling Free Software a recursive public, I am doing two things: first, I am drawing attention to the democratic and political significance of Free Software and the Internet; and second, I am suggesting that our current understanding both academic and colloquial of what counts as a self-governing public, or even as “the public,” is radically inadequate to understanding the contemporary reori entation of knowledge and power.

    Recursive Publics: Hardly a Two-Bit Idea glyn moody 2008

  • "Open-source" software, like Free Software, and much of what I refer to as "free culture" is creative work that is protected by a copyright license.

    Lawrence Lessig: An Obvious Distinction Lawrence Lessig 2010

  • "Open-source" software, like Free Software, and much of what I refer to as "free culture" is creative work that is protected by a copyright license.

    Lawrence Lessig: An Obvious Distinction Lawrence Lessig 2010

  • "Open-source" software, like Free Software, and much of what I refer to as "free culture" is creative work that is protected by a copyright license.

    Lawrence Lessig: An Obvious Distinction Lawrence Lessig 2010

  • "Open-source" software, like Free Software, and much of what I refer to as "free culture" is creative work that is protected by a copyright license.

    Lawrence Lessig: An Obvious Distinction Lawrence Lessig 2010

  • "Open-source" software, like Free Software, and much of what I refer to as "free culture" is creative work that is protected by a copyright license.

    Lawrence Lessig: An Obvious Distinction Lawrence Lessig 2010

  • But my own fear is that Free Software wouldn't be allowed to exist in a world of effective copyright control.

    Steal This Movie! Steven Barnes 2009

  • I'll say it again, if people were unable to casually copy Photoshop, it would be a huge win for GIMP and Free Software.

    Steal This Movie! Steven Barnes 2009

  • The significance of Free Software extends far beyond the arcane and detailed technical practices of software programmers and “geeks” as I refer to them herein.

    Recursive Publics: Hardly a Two-Bit Idea glyn moody 2008

  • For the last thirty years, the Internet has been the subject of a contest in which Free Software has been both a central combatant and an important architect.

    Recursive Publics: Hardly a Two-Bit Idea glyn moody 2008

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