Live Free Or Die!
1. The state motto of New Hampshire, which appears on that state's automobile
licence plates.
2. A slogan associated with Unix in the romantic days when Unix aficionados saw
themselves as a tiny, beleaguered underground tilting against the windmills of
industry. The "free" referred specifically to freedom from the fascist design
philosophies and crufty misfeatures common on commercial operating systems.
Armando Stettner, one of the early Unix developers, used to give out fake
licence plates bearing this motto under a large Unix, all in New Hampshire
colours of green and white. These are now valued collector's items.
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