Live Free Or Die!

Live Free Or Die!

(1)The state motto of New Hampshire, which appears on thatstate's automobile licence plates.

Live Free Or Die!

(2)A slogan associated with Unix in the romantic days whenUnix aficionados saw themselves as a tiny, beleagueredunderground tilting against the windmills of industry. The"free" referred specifically to freedom from the fascistdesign philosophies and crufty misfeatures common oncommercial operating systems. Armando Stettner, one of theearly Unix developers, used to give out fake licence platesbearing this motto under a large Unix, all in New Hampshirecolours of green and white. These are now valued collector'sitems.