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How to Think about Intellectual Property of Open Source Softw ...
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- Title: How to Think about Intellectual Property of Open Source Software from a Feminist Political Economic Perspective?
- Author(s): Micky Lee
- Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks
- Collection: Common Ground Research Networks
- Series: Technology, Knowledge & Society
- Journal Title: The International Journal of Technology, Knowledge, and Society
- Keywords: Intellectual Property, Open Source Software, Feminist Political Economy
- Volume: 6
- Issue: 1
- Date: April 24, 2010
- ISSN: 1832-3669 (Print)
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18848/1832-3669/CGP/v06i01/55943
- Citation: Lee, Micky. 2010. "How to Think about Intellectual Property of Open Source Software from a Feminist Political Economic Perspective?." The International Journal of Technology, Knowledge, and Society 6 (1): 107-120. doi:10.18848/1832-3669/CGP/v06i01/55943.
- Extent: 14 pages
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Abstract
This paper asserts that a feminist political economic perspective enriches the understanding of how intellectual property of software is related to an equitable information society. This approach is used to examine how F/OSS may contribute to a people-centred and development-oriented information society. Three questions are asked: (1) Is it helpful to view F/OSS as market or non-market production? (2) How is F/OSS distributed and marketed? (3) How does F/OSS rely on gendered labour? By analysing existing writings on F/OSS, it is concluded that market production should not be privileged over other modes of production; state intervention is required to ensure an equitable distribution of F/OSS; and gendered labour needs to be made visible in the F/OSS production.
