Swartz, Weev & radical libertarian lexicon (Re: Jacob Appelbaum in Germany - Aaron Swartz)

[rysiek]

Dnia wtorek, 7 stycznia 2014 14:10:05 Jim Bell pisze:
> When I arrived at MIT in 1976, I learned that the term "hacker" meant ONLY
> the second definition above.   (I believe the term originated at the TMRC
> (Tech Model Railroad Club in the 1950's; that fact is probably in
> Wikipedia) There was no hint of illegality, nor was the term in any way
> limited to computer activities.  I would have been called a "chemistry
> hacker" or an "electronics hacker" at that point. 

Thanks for that first-hand experience information.

> I (and many, many other people, no doubt) were peeved that the first
> definition above came into vogue.  The term "cracker" constituted an attempt
> to limit the misuse of "hacker".

...just as "hacktivist" was a later attempt at devising a "clean" term for 
hacking, that would not have the negative connotations. As we already know, 
both attempts failed, unfortunately.

Hence my opinion that we should try to reclaim the term "hacker" (and 
"hacking", etc.) and get it to mean what it originally meant.

-- 
Pozdr
rysiek
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