This is consistent with the parent comment. You can have a hacker mindset and be totally against open source. They are orthogonal qualities.
> You can have a hacker mindset and be totally against open source. They are orthogonal qualities.
You can write that, but I don't see it. FOSS is built for hacking, designed to empower and enable hacking. Proprietary closed-source software prevents it.
FOSS is built for hacking, but hacking is not limited for FOSS.
Hard to hack on closed source proprietary software! Especially if its manufacturer will sue you for publishing anything.
There is no open source cars, yet car and motorbike hacking is prevalent. I'm sure hardware hackers also have to deal with manufacturers.