From 7f29f0a627994d3ba2c7569282ce128e1f134923 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: P. J. McDermott Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:04:29 -0500 Subject: Add notes on Trojan Horse printer story. --- diff --git a/researched-outline.txt b/researched-outline.txt index 5a33783..ed58375 100644 --- a/researched-outline.txt +++ b/researched-outline.txt @@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ hacker subculture vocabulary foo, frob, cruft, hack, etc. TODO: continue history, describe hacker ethic + TODO: something about sharing software like sugar [Williams-RMS, 5] examples of hacks MIT campus police car on the Great Dome @@ -138,6 +139,26 @@ proprietarization the event that continued possession of the computer program should cease to be rightful." GNU + the Trojan Horse printer + printer in MIT AI lab + jammed frequently + RMS, a hacker in the lab, devised a clever workaround + modified the driver sw on systems to check for jams and alert users + users awaiting jobs congregated around printer + usually at least one knew how to fix the jam + [Williams-RMS, 3] + Xerox Corporation donated a fast new prototype printer + jammed frequently + RMS thought to apply the same hack + searched for the Xerox printer driver, found no source code + [Williams-RMS, 2-4] + CMU computer scientist + RMS heard that a scientist at CMU had a copy of the source code + eventually he visited CMU and found the scientist + asked for a copy + scientist said he'd agreed not to share it, signed an NDA + RMS, stuned and angry, immediately and without a word walked out + [Williams-RMS, 6-8] Jargon-meaning @@ -183,3 +204,4 @@ WP-Open-Letter DB-Gates http://www.digibarn.com/collections/newsletters/homebrew/V2_01/ homebrew_V2_01_p2.jpg +Williams-RMS -- cgit v0.9.1