Information Wants to Be Free
Terry Calhoun recalls that the origin of the phrase, "Information wants to
be free," is with Stewart Brand, creator of The Whole Earth Catalog. He coined
it in 1984 at the first Hackers’ Conference.
Brand said: "On the one hand information wants to be expensive, because it's
so valuable. The right information in the right place just changes your life.
On the other hand, information wants to be free, because the cost of getting
it out is getting lower and lower all the time." Read
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