The hacker ethic is a philosophy and set of moral values that is common within hacker culture.Practitioners of the hacker ethic believe that sharing information and data with others is an ethical imperative. The hacker ethic is related to the concept of freedom of information, as well as the political theories of anti-authoritarianism, socialism, liberalism, anarchism, and …

Il décrit sa conception en détail dans son ouvrage Computer Lib/Dream machines (1974), qui sera réédité en format hypertexte grâce au logiciel Guide en 1987. ... Dream Machines : New freedoms through computer screens—a minority report, Microsoft Press, 1974 (en) Ted Nelson, ...