> everybody must have the right to publish his/her ideas,
> and promote his/her cause, WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
> I am still wondering whether this list is dedicated to hackers or to
> activists .....
well, what is a hacker? Contemporary media hijaacked the term
and proceeded to use it to describe a malicious electronic
assailant. But history defines it as anyone who messes with a
system until it does something unusual. Activists fight for "good
causes" ...
...so a hacktivist is someone who messes with a system to
promote peace, learning and happiness.
Levy's hackers, for example, picked locks at MIT -- but only so
they could develop the beginnings of the multiuser, multitasking
operating systems we're using to write these messages.
The essential difference seems to be about intent - facilitation vs
mutilation.
Stuart
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