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* Creating software and sharing it with each other
* Placing a high value on freedom of inquiry; hostility to secrecy
* Information-sharing as both an ideal and a practical strategy
* Upholding the right to fork
* Emphasis on rationality
* Distaste for authority
* Playful cleverness, taking the serious humorously and their humor seriously

The difference between hackers and crackers, according to them, is that where hackers use their skills and knowledge to learn more about how systems and networks work, crackers will use the same skills to author harmful software (like viruses, trojans, etc.) and illegally infiltrate secure systems with the intention of doing harm to the system.

「hacker」們建設，而「cracker」們破壞。

真實的黑客所指主要指的是高級程式員，… 而不是為人所誤解專指對電腦系統及程式進行惡意攻擊及破壞的人。

— Wikipedia on Hacker (programmer subculture)

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2010.03.03 Wednesday