Hacker Ethics

- All information should be free wiki - Access to computers—and anything which might teach you something about the way the world works—should be unlimited and total. Always yield to the Hands-On Imperative! - Mistrust authority—promote decentralization - Hackers should be judged by their hacking, not criteria such as degrees, age, race, sex, or position - You can create art and beauty on a computer - Computers can change your life for the better - Don't litter other people's data. - Make public data available, protect private data.

# See also Gratis versus Libre wiki

Hacking is more than the social picture of cybercriminals with black hoodies. The way projects like FairCoop and most free tech people understands hacking refers to moral values, freedom and improvement for the (common) good.

The core elements of a hacker ethics are: