From e1f589ca5034e0e0b5f0442b5e40e3210b441224 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: P. J. McDermott <pjm@nac.net>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:35:46 -0500
Subject: Add introduction to hacker subculture.

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diff --git a/researched-outline.txt b/researched-outline.txt
index eaba653..5a33783 100644
--- a/researched-outline.txt
+++ b/researched-outline.txt
@@ -1,18 +1,24 @@
 working title:
 History of Software Freedom: Free Software and Open Source
 
-hackers
-	will explain first
-	hacker values permeate and give context to the history of software freedom
-	definitions:
-		RFC 1392
+hacker subculture
+	will discuss first, since:
+		hacker values permeate and give context to the history of sw freedom
+		few, if any, in the audience know what a hacker is
+	Phil Agre, an MIT hacker, on the definition:
+		The word hack doesn't really have 69 different meanings.  In fact, hack
+		has only one meaning, an extremely subtle and profound one which defies
+		articulation.
+		[Jargon-meaning]
+	nonetheless, many have attempted to define hacking:
+		RFC 1392:
 		   hacker
 		      A person who delights in having an intimate understanding of the
 		      internal workings of a system, computers and computer networks in
 		      particular.  The term is often misused in a pejorative context,
 		      where "cracker" would be the correct term.  See also: cracker.
 			[RFC1392, 21]
-		RMS
+		RMS, a renowned hacker I'll be discussing in detail shortly:
 			It is hard to write a simple definition of something as varied as
 			hacking, but I think what these activities have in common is
 			playfulness, cleverness, and exploration. Thus, hacking means
@@ -20,7 +26,7 @@ hackers
 			cleverness. Activities that display playful cleverness have "hack
 			value".
 			[RMS-hacking]
-		Jargon file
+		Jargon file offers a good detailed explanation:
 			1. A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems
 			and how to stretch their capabilities, as opposed to most users, who
 			prefer to learn only the minimum necessary. RFC1392, the Internet
@@ -134,6 +140,8 @@ proprietarization
 GNU
 
 
+Jargon-meaning
+	http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/meaning-of-hack.html
 RFC1392
 	http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1392.txt
 RMS-hacking
@@ -142,8 +150,6 @@ Jargon-hacker
 	http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/H/hacker.html
 RFC1149
 	http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1149
-Jargon-meaning
-	http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/meaning-of-hack.html
 IHTFP-CP-Car
 	http://hacks.mit.edu/Hacks/by_year/1994/cp_car/
 IHTFP-No-Tresspassing
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