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| The '''Hacker Emblem''' was first proposed in October 2003 by ], who claimed a need for a unifying and recognizable symbol for his perception of ]. This does not refer to the ], but to the hacker culture around ], ], ], ], ], etc.; that is, the community around ] and ]. | The '''Hacker Emblem''' was first proposed in October 2003 by ], who claimed a need for a unifying and recognizable symbol for his perception of ]. This does not refer to the ], but to the hacker culture around ], ], ], ], ], etc.; that is, the community around ] and ]. | ||
| Raymond suggests that "by using this emblem, you express sympathy with hackers' goals, hackers' values, and the hacker way of living".<ref></ref> | Raymond suggests that "by using this emblem, you express sympathy with hackers' goals, hackers' values, and the hacker way of living".<ref name=source></ref> | ||
| The image itself is a representation of a ] formation in ]. | The image itself is a representation of a ] formation in ].<ref name=source /> | ||
| Hackers also associate and represent themselves with ]s from notable free and open source projects such as the ]'s "Gnu" or more commonly the ]'s "]". The "]" from the ] '']'' is also commonly associated with Hackers, Internet culture, and free and open source communities due to the strip's coverage of those topics. | Hackers also associate and represent themselves with ]s from notable free and open source projects such as the ]'s "Gnu" or more commonly the ]'s "]". The "]" from the ] '']'' is also commonly associated with Hackers, Internet culture, and free and open source communities due to the strip's coverage of those topics. | ||
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The Hacker Emblem was first proposed in October 2003 by Eric S. Raymond, who claimed a need for a unifying and recognizable symbol for his perception of hacker culture. This does not refer to the hackers breaking into computers, but to the hacker culture around BSD, MIT, GNU, Linux, Perl, etc.; that is, the community around free software and open source.
Raymond suggests that "by using this emblem, you express sympathy with hackers' goals, hackers' values, and the hacker way of living".
The image itself is a representation of a glider formation in Conway's Game of Life.
Hackers also associate and represent themselves with mascots from notable free and open source projects such as the GNU Project's "Gnu" or more commonly the Linux kernel's "Tux". The "Dust Puppy" from the web comic User Friendly is also commonly associated with Hackers, Internet culture, and free and open source communities due to the strip's coverage of those topics.
Other representations
Other means to display the image have evolved, mostly relying on ASCII art. Examples include:
|_|0|_| 0 1 0 . o . |_|_|0| 0 0 1 . . o |0|0|0| 1 1 1 o o o
And even 010001111
Minimal ASCII representation
On February 12, 2008, the minimal ASCII representation was incorporated into Raymond's list of canonical representations:
. ..:
Minimal UTF-8 representation
This article contains special characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols.Braille characters present in the UTF-8 charset can also be used to produce a single-line representation:
⠠⠵
See also
References
- ^ the Hacker Emblem page on Eric S. Raymond's site
- Raymond, Eric (2008-02-12). "Re: Hacker Emblem". Retrieved 2008-02-13.
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External links
- The Glider: Proposal for a Hacker Emblem Contains more information on the Hacker Emblem proposal, including SVG and TeX sources and FAQs.
- "How To Become a Hacker" A document explaining the hacker culture.
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