Welcome to The F.U.
The Freehackers Union started with a rant by Zed A. Shaw that grew into a group of comrades all over the Internet who wanted the same thing. Originally meant for New York, we decided to make it larger and create something that can inspire even more people.
The Freehackers Union aims to preserve hacking and invention as methods of personal artistic expression. We hate the Business Guy, the Idea Man, the Power Mongers that are ruining our culture and fun. We are a group that’s just for geeks and the art of the awesome hack. The pranks, amazing gear, weird inventions, and crazy ideas that made sacrificing numerous hours alone all worth it.
Now we’re not alone.
The group is just now forming, so we’re open to ideas about how a meeting should run and what it should do. Right now we’re looking at meeting twice a month to do any of these:
In order to maintain the integrity of the vision, we have a staged mechanism that anyone can follow to become a member. The process isn’t long, and is designed to keep the fakes out without turning the group into an obnoxious fraternity. Anyone can join, so if you’re interested, read more on joining.
We do not charge a membership fee. If we ever need money, we’ll get it through donations.
We put this part at the end to catch the people who don’t read everything. Before you can join you have to read all of the following documents:
Then find your local on the right to continue with becoming a member.
The Freehackers Union is a gang devoted to preserving hacking and invention as methods of personal artistic expression...by any means necessary.