The Hacker Ethic
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Vintage
Published: November 1, 2001
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9780099426929
Subjects: Computer fraud & hacking; Ethics & moral philosophy; Computer Books: General
First sentence: Linus Torvalds says in his Prologue that, for the hacker, "the computer itself is entertainment," meaning that the hacker programs because he finds programming intrinsically interesting, exciting, and joyous.