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Lessons from Libre Software Political and Ethical Practice
Table of Contents
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Extending Libre Software Beyond the IT Sphere
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Methodology: Reductive Analyses of Libre Software
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Methodology: Learning from Libre Software Practice
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Summary
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Ethical Cultivation in Libre Software Communities
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Institutional Independence
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Volunteer Labor
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Networks of Trust
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Application outside of IT
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The Politics of Broadly Defined Freedom in Libre Software Communities
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Freedom — Broadly Defined
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Political Diversity Within Libre Software Development Communities
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Political Diversity Within Libre Software User Communities
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Political Diversity and Taking Libre Software Out of the IT Sphere
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Problems with this Political Diversity and Libre Software
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Conclusions
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Final Thoughts