The purpose of Copyright is to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.
"Sciences" refers not only to fields of modern scientific inquiry but rather to all knowledge
The hacker ethic is a philosophy and set of moral values within hacker culture. Practitioners believe that sharing information and data with others is an ethical imperative
I think you'll find that many people who consider themselves "hackers" disagree on a lot of this stuff. There's no general one-size-fits-all opinion or "ethic" here.
"Sciences" refers not only to fields of modern scientific inquiry but rather to all knowledge
The hacker ethic is a philosophy and set of moral values within hacker culture. Practitioners believe that sharing information and data with others is an ethical imperative
hrmmm...