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    n. 1. The belief that information-sharing is a powerful positive good, and that it is an ethical duty of hackers to share their... VIEW ENTIRE DEFINITION


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    hacked up

    adj. Sufficiently patched, kluged, and tweaked that the surgical scars are beginning to crowd out normal tissue (compare critical mass). Not all programs that are hacked become `hacked up'; if modifications are done with some eye to coherence and continued maintainability, the software may emerge better for the experience. Contrast hack up.