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

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