A Universal Hacker Emblem: The Glider Emblem
What is Hacker Emblem? A Universal Hacker Emblem: The Glider Emblem
Emblem that represents the entire hacker community
The Linux folks have their penguin and the BSDers their daemon. Perl's got a camel, FSF fans have their gnu and OSI's got an open-source logo. But there is no emblem that represents the entire hacker community. This is a proposal that we adopt one — the glider pattern from the Game of Life.
What will I be saying if I display it?
When you put the glider emblem on your web page, or wear it on clothing, or display it in some other way, you are visibly associating yourself with the hacker culture.This is not quite the same thing as claiming to be a hacker Yourself — that is a title of honour, that generally has to be conferred by others rather than self-assumed. But by using this emblem, you express sympathy with hackers' goals, hackers' values, and the hacker way of living. See the FAQs page for further discussion.
Who should not use this emblem?
I used to have a prohibition against commercial use here. A number of people have argued convincingly that this is impractical and perhaps unfair. But keep it tasteful, or you will be flamed.
How can I use it?
The glider is not copyrighted or trademarked. The recommended way to use it is on a web page, with an image and a link back to either this page or direct to How To Become A Hacker. Here is a snippet of XHTML you can paste into a page.
[a href='http://www.catb.org/hacker-emblem/']
[img src='http://www.catb.org/hacker-emblem/glider.png' alt='hacker emblem' /][/a]
NOTE: Replace [ & ] with greater & smaller signIt will look as below:
Variants:
.O.
..O
OOO
|_|0|_|
|_|_|0|
|0|0|0|
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..:
But what if the wrong people start using it?
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