CRI011 Interview with Steven Levy

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Chaosradio International CRI011 Veröffentlicht am: 26.01.2007, 02:00 Uhr Aufnahme vom: 22.01.2007 http://chaosradio.ccc.de/cri011.html Teilnehmer: Tim Pritlove (Moderation), Steven Levy Interview with Steven Levy An interview about the history and significance of the hacker movement Tim Pritlove talks to Steven Levy, author of the book "Hackers - Heroes of the Computer Revolution" that for the first time reported on the hacker movement beginning in the late 1960ies and led to the definition of the Hacker Ethic which Levy summarized out of observation of the hacker scene. In the interview, Steven Levy explains how he come to know this particular scene, how he gained the trust of the hackers and what his findings were. He also talks about the hacker scene not covered in the book: the hackers of the 1990ies, the free software movement and the overall achievements of the hackers over time. Links: * Steven Levy http://www.stevenlevy.com/ * "Hackers - Heroes of the Computer Revolution" http://www.stevenlevy.com/index.php/other-books/hackers * Tech Model Railroad Club (TMRC) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tech_Model_Railroad_Club * Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology * "Crypto" http://www.stevenlevy.com/index.php/other-books/crypto * Homebrew Computer Club http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homebrew_Computer_Club * Altair 8800 Computer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair_8800 * "Artificial Life" http://www.stevenlevy.com/index.php/other-books/artificial-life * Richard Stallman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman * Free Software Foundation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Software_Foundation * Lisp Machines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisp_Machines * MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_Artificial_Intelligence_Laboratory * Lee Felsenstein http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Felsenstein * Steve Wozniak http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Wozniak * Andy Hertzfeld http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Hertzfeld * Napster http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napster * Peer-to-peer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer * Hacker Ethic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_ethic * CCC comments on the Hacker Ethic http://www.ccc.de/hackerethics * Spacewar! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacewar%21 * Bob Dylan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan * Hackerbibel http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackerbibel * Die Datenschleuder http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Datenschleuder * Chaos Communication Congress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_Communication_Congress * George Orwell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell