Internet and Society 1999
The Technologies and Politics of Control
Readings for Week 6
OPEN AND CLOSED CODE

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The Readings

Open Code, Internet Governance, and Network Effects:

Open Code and Open Societies: Value of Internet Governance, by Lawrence Lessig.

FAQ: How to Become a Hacker

Gore's Campaign Web Site Touts Open Code Using Closed System, by Martha Mendoza

Source code to www.algore2000.com. When you are at this page , go to "view" then "source" and you should be at the source code.

Clio and the Economics of QWERTY, by Paul A. David

Should Technology Choice be a Concern of Antitrust Policy, by Stan Liebowitz

Microsoft, the Business of Open Code, and Intellectual Property

The Un-Microsoft Un-Remedy: Law Can Prevent the Problem That it Can't Patch Later, by Jonathan Zittrain

Open Code Frees up the Net, by Charles Babcock

The Free Software Entrepreneur's Guide, by Jeff Alami of Linux

PrivacyX Browser Boomerangs, by James Glave

Real Names to Open Source Code, by Paul Festa

How Copyleft uses License Rights to Succeed in the Open Source Software, by Robert Gomulkiewicz

The GPL vs. the BSD License: A GPL Advocate's Perspective, Slashdot (selections)

Optional Reading

The Cathedral and the Bazaar