Glyn Moody is a London-based

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writer. He is best known for his book '' Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution'' (2001). It describes the evolution and significance of the

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and

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movements with interviews of

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s. His writings have appeared in ''

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''. In 2009, he criticised the software education policy of the government of José Luís Rodríguez Zapatero on his blog''.''

Selective bibliography

* Walled Culture: How Big Content Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Keep Creators Poor (Paperback or

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– 2022) * Digital Code of Life: How Bioinformatics is Revolutionizing Science, Medicine, and Business by Glyn Moody (Hardcover – 3 Feb 2004) * Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution by Glyn Moody (Paperback – 15 Jul 2002) * The Internet with Windows by Glyn Moody (Paperback – 15 Jan 1996)

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