White Hat Ethic Hear it!

White Hat Ethic Hacker Definition
A philosophy formulated in the Computer Underground in the 1960s, it includes two key principles: (1) that access to computers or to something that might teach people about the how the wired (and now wireless) world works should be free; and (2) that all information should be free.

See Also: Computer; Computer Underground (CU).

Schell, B.H., Dodge, J.L., with S.S. Moutsatsos. The Hacking of America: Who’s Doing It, Why, and How. Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 2002.