Chapter 1 — What is meant by ethical informatics

By ethical informatics the author means the production of software by developers who do not create programs solely for economic gain. Often these programmers put their skills at the service of projects created by other people, without receiving any direct return.

We are in the presence of ethical informatics every time we use a program or read a manual, and the only thing asked of us is to contribute, according to our abilities and wishes, to the further development of the project.