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A hacker community is a group of programmers who share code, exchange improvements and teach one another "tricks" or better methods or writing. " Hacking" in this sense does not have anything to do with illegal computer activity; instead it connotes clever and useful solutions to legitimate computer problems. (See: Hacker (Brilliant Programmer))

Probably the most notable hacker community is the community of open source/ free software programmers. In this community, Richard Stallman and Linus Torvalds are two of the most well-known hackers.

People contribute to such a community for various reasons, like making useful contributions where they can, wanting to replace proprietary software with open code, or being a part of a larger group.

The Internet plays a key role in hacker communities; it allows people from around the world to collaborate on a project.

In a sense, Wikipedia can be viewed as a hacker community.

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