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The Hacker Emblem was first proposed in October 2003 by Eric S. Raymond, claiming a need for a uniting and recognizable symbol for his perception of hacker culture. This does not refer to the hackers breaking into computers, which are called crackers, but to the hacker culture around BSD, perl, GNU, Linux, etc; that is, the community around free software and open source.

Raymond has said that one does not claim to be a hacker by displaying this emblem, but suggests that "by using this emblem, you express sympathy with hackers' goals, hackers' values, and the hacker way of living".

The image itself is a representation of a glider formation in Conway's Game of Life.

Other representations

Other means to display the image have evolved, mostly relying on ASCII art. Examples include:

.o.      |_|0|_|               0 1 0    
..o      |_|_|0|               0 0 1    
ooo      |0|0|0|               1 1 1

Minimal ASCII representation

On February 12, 2008, the minimal ASCII representation was incorporated into Raymond's list of canonical representations:

 .
..:

References

1. the Hacker Emblem page on Eric S. Raymond's site
2. Raymond, Eric (2008-02-12). "Re: Hacker Emblem". Retrieved 2008-02-13. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

See also

• Hacker ethic
• Hacker (programmer subculture)

External links

• The Glider: Proposal for a Hacker Emblem Contains more information on the Hacker Emblem proposal, including SVG and TeX sources and FAQs.
• "How To Become a Hacker" A document explaining the hacker culture.

• Hacking (academia)
• Cellular automata in popular culture