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Share and enjoy!
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imp. 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.