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1. Commonly found at the end of software release announcements
and
README files, this phrase indicates allegiance to the
hacker ethic of free information sharing (see
hacker ethic).
2. The motto of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation (the
ultimate gaggle of incompetent
suits) in Douglas Adams's
"Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy". The irony of using this
as a cultural recognition signal appeals to
freewarehackers.