The Hacker Ethic and the Spirit of the Information Age

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| author = Pekka Himanen

| isbn = 978-0-375-50566-9

| pub_date = 2001

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The Hacker Ethic and the Spirit of the Information Age is a book released in 2001, and written by Pekka Himanen, with prologue written by Linus Torvalds and the epilogue written by Manuel Castells.[http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=558235 Book entry] at acm.org

Pekka Himanen is a philosopher.{{Cite web |title=Tarkastamo: Hakkerietikkaa |last=Valkama |first=Heikki |work=Ylioppilaslehti |date=30 March 2001 |access-date=11 December 2020 |url= https://ylioppilaslehti.fi/2001/03/tarkastamo-hakkerietikkaa/ |language=fi }} Manuel Castells is an internationally well-known sociologist. Linus Torvalds is the creator of the Linux kernel.{{Cite web |title=Pekka Himanen: Hakkerietiikka |last=Parikka |first=Raimo |via=mv.helsinki.fi |date=2001 |work=Yhteiskuntapolitiikka |access-date=11 December 2020 |url= https://www.mv.helsinki.fi/home/jproos/Tekstit/hakkeri.htm |language=fi }} The book has the {{ISBN|978-0-375-50566-9}}.