Una aproximación sociológica al fenómeno del software libre
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.3989/ris.2002.i31.709Keywords:
Intellectual Property, Technology, InternetAbstract
In recent years, an anti-commercial altemative to the software industry has emerged, targeting specifically its system of copyright and of market based production and distribution. In this paper, an attempt is made to explain sociologically the reasons for the remarkable success of what is known as Free Software. The proposed explanation is based on the analysis of the origins and the development of this altemative. The main idea is that the success of Free Software is due to the confluence of three factors: an ideologic factor (the power struggles in the field of software development), a technological factor (the productive potential of using the Internet) and an economic factor (power struggles in the software and hardware markets).
Downloads
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2018 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
© CSIC. Manuscripts published in both the print and online versions of this journal are the property of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, and quoting this source is a requirement for any partial or full reproduction.
All contents of this electronic edition, except where otherwise noted, are distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. You may read the basic information and the legal text of the licence. The indication of the CC BY 4.0 licence must be expressly stated in this way when necessary.
Self-archiving in repositories, personal webpages or similar, of any version other than the final version of the work produced by the publisher, is not allowed.
