Hacktivismo

Hacktivismo is an offshoot of the CULT OF THE DEAD COW, whose beliefs include access to information as a basic human right. It was founded in 1999. Oxblood Ruffin, the director of Hacktivismo, has argued forcefully against definitions of hacktivism that include web defacements or denial-of-service attacks.

The group's beliefs are described fully in The Hacktivismo Declaration, which seeks to apply the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to the Internet.

Hacktivismo has also authored its own software license agreement, the Hacktivismo Enhanced-Source Software License Agreement, which is source available (but not open source).

Hacktivismo further gained notoriety in 2003 by being the first hacker group to receive approval by the United States Department of Commerce to export strong encryption in its "6/4 System" application.

See also

• Hacktivism

External links

• Hacktivismo homepage
• Hacktivismo's Projects Page

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Hacktivismo Declaration