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eloquently by Voltaire in his short story “Jeannot et Colin, “fables agreed
upon.” By fable, I don’t mean false, yet it is imperative to acknowledge the
constructed nature of the accounts. Choices have to be made about what
to include, what to exclude, and most important, how to include them. For
the life history chapter, I have chosen stories, elements, and events that I
hope faithfully capture the zeitgeist of becoming a free software hacker,
ending with one of the most memorable hacker events: the hacker conference.
The subsequent chapter, by examining the dual character of our age,
whereby we are subject to an omnipresent legal system and also have at
our disposal a vibrant set of legal alternatives, is meant to inspire a paradoxical
degree of hope and despair, thereby contributing, in its reading, to
the making of history.