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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Share and enjoy!</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="sharchive.html" title="sharchive"/><link rel="next" href="shareware.html" title="shareware"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Share and enjoy!</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sharchive.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="shareware.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Share-and-enjoy-"/><dt xmlns="" id="Share-and-enjoy-"><b>Share and enjoy!</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">imp.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. Commonly found at the end of software release announcements and
<a href="../R/README-file.html"><i class="glossterm">README file</i></a>s, this phrase indicates allegiance to
the hacker ethic of free information sharing (see
<a href="../H/hacker-ethic.html"><i class="glossterm">hacker ethic</i></a>, sense 1). </p></dd><dd><p> 2. The motto of the complaints division of Sirius Cybernetics
Corporation (the ultimate gaggle of incompetent
<a href="suit.html"><i class="glossterm">suit</i></a>s) in Douglas Adams's <i class="citetitle">Hitch Hiker's
Guide to the Galaxy</i>. The irony of using this as a cultural
recognition signal appeals to hackers.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sharchive.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../S.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="shareware.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">sharchive </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> shareware</td></tr></table></div></body></html>