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Hackers Ethics & History
- On Hacking, Richard Stallman
“It is hard to write a simple definition of something as varied as hacking, but I think what these activities have in common is playfulness, cleverness, and exploration. Thus, hacking means exploring the limits of what is possible, in a spirit of playful cleverness. Activities that display playful cleverness have “hack value”.”
- Guerilla Open Access Manifesto, Aaron Swartz, 2008
“We need to take information, wherever it is stored, make our copies and share them with the world. We need to take stuff that's out of copyright and add it to the archive. We need to buy secret databases and put them on the Web. We need to download scientific journals and upload them to file sharing networks. We need to fight for Guerilla Open Access. With enough of us, around the world, we'll not just send a strong message opposing the privatization of knowledge — we'll make it a thing of the past. Will you join us?”
- GNU Manifesto, Richard Stallman
- A Cypherpunk's Manifesto, Eric Hughes, 1993
- The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto, Timothy C May
- Privacy, Technology, and the Open Society, John Gilmore, 1991