Author: Richard M. Stallman
The founding document of the free software movement. Stallman explains why software should be free and announces the GNU Project—the beginning of everything.
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║ M A N I F E S T O S ║
║ philosophy for the digital age ║
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The foundational texts of the hacker movement, free software philosophy, and digital freedom. These manifestos shaped our world. Read them. Spread them. Live them.
Author: Loyd Blankenship (The Mentor)
Also known as "The Conscience of a Hacker." Written shortly after his arrest, this manifesto captures the spirit of curiosity and rebellion that defines hacker culture.
Author: Eric Hughes
"Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age." The document that launched the cypherpunk movement and inspired generations of cryptographers and privacy advocates.
Author: John Perry Barlow
"Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind." A poetic declaration of digital freedom.
Author: Eric S. Raymond
The essay that explained open source development to the world. "Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow." This document helped convince Netscape to release their browser as open source.
Author: Richard M. Stallman
A dystopian short story that predicted our current DRM nightmare with eerie accuracy. What happens when sharing books becomes a crime?
Author: Aaron Swartz
"Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves." Aaron's call to liberate knowledge from behind paywalls. He died fighting for this cause.
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"A manifesto is not a prediction.
It's a promise."
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