&gt; In which case, what makes Eric Raymond an authority on the English language?<p>He is an authority on hacking and jargon:
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Eric_S._Raymond" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Eric_S._Raymond</a><p>In summary: every programmer&#x2F;developer&#x2F;software engineer is not a hacker and you don&#x27;t have to be a software-hacker to be a hacker. If you want to learn the history of the term rather than try to define it, that would be great, rather than just debating it.