But Mr Spadaro is merely the latest to link coding with Christian attitudes towards creativity and sharing.

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Hacker philosophy is playful but committed, encourages creativity and sharing, and opposes models of control, competition and private property, Spadaro observed approvingly.

FORBES: Vatican Publication Praises Classic Hacker Culture

Hacker mentality implies a joyful application of intelligence to problem solving, rejecting the concept of work as repetitive, burdensome and stupid, Spadaro wrote.

FORBES: Vatican Publication Praises Classic Hacker Culture

In a recent issue of Civilta Cattolica, a publication supported and vetted by the Vatican, Jesuit priest Antonio Spadaro recently penned an article in which he praises classic hacker culture.

FORBES: Vatican Publication Praises Classic Hacker Culture

Mr Spadaro recognises these tensions but finds them manageable.

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The Economist has an interesting article about the intersection of Christian theology and the ethos of Internet and hacking culture, building on an article by Jesuit priest Antonio Spadaro, which I reported on a few months ago.

FORBES: The Theology of Science and the Internet

After being quoted in Mr Spadaro's paper, Mr Raymond took to his own website to note that he had deliberately equated cathedrals with proprietary, closed-source software directed from above, by contrast with the more chaotic bazaar of equals which produces open-source code.

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