Jailbreak, v.

[Grant Barrett]

On Aug 12, 2008, at 00:47, Marc Velasco wrote:

>> Perhaps, but my understanding of the iPhone use of "jailbreak" is
>> that
>> it is itself extended from the "information wants to be free" meme,
>
> Not to be a killjoy, but do you have cites, etc that support this?
> Jailbreak <-> "info.. free" is a novel association for me.

Strange, since, like most such movements to unlock proprietary
hardware and release its controls into the hands of its purchaser, it
is inexorably tied to the "information wants to be free" idea on top
of the hacking ethos.

Here are a few prominent places where the connection has been made
before me:

"Don't be scared! Your iTouch is a sad little device without it! It
wants to be free!" Something Awful Forums, December 26, 2007.
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2691418&pagenumber=5#post337546932

[headline] "Take heed, Apple: The iPhone wants to be free," Machinist
at Salon.com, January 30, 2008. http://machinist.salon.com/blog/2008/01/30/missing_iphones/

"Information, as they say, wants to be free. This was the driving
force behind the effort to jailbreak and write software for the
iPhone." CrunchGear, March 6, 2008.
http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/06/iphone-sdk-what-does-this-mean-for-jailbreakers-suits/

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