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I have the same sentiment, to me hackerspace and makerspace are
interchangeable. We've describe our space using either term, though
when we're fundraising in the community to buy cool tools, we
usually referred it to a makerspace (to avoid the popular
misunderstanding/skip having to explain the actual origin of
'hacker' every time).<br>
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If someone is really that pedantic in regards to separating the two
terms, then they're not making/hacking enough of the things ;)<br>
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Ben<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/8/2013 9:41 PM, Geoff Swan wrote:<br>
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<div>It's all about context... and I agree arguing the
definition of hacker[1] is fruitless.<br>
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In the context of hackerspaces I think it would be
unfortunate if folks decided there <br>
was a distinction to be made between a hackerspace and
a makerspace. <br>
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Our hackerspace Make, Hack, Void had some discussion
around this when we were<br>
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chosing our name and description ("A Canberra
Hackerspace"). The primary concern<br>
was that folks would misinterpret the use of "hack". In
the end we decided that we<br>
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was unsure of what we did.<br>
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In the context of hackerspaces I view 'makerspace' as being
identical to hackerspace<br>
but using terminology that is perhaps less open to
interpretation. I sometimes interchange<br>
the two in conversation myself.<br>
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My personal preference would be that all hackerspaces chose to
describe themselves as<br>
such because then as a community people we could regain some
control over the popular<br>
use of the term hacker...<br>
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<div>[1] My favorite definition of hacking: "The essence of
hacking is finding unintended or <br>
overlooked uses for the laws and properties of a given
situation and then applying them <br>
in new and inventive ways to solve a problem - whatever it may
be."<br>
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<div>(John Erickson, Hacking - The Art of Exploitation)<br>
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