Live Free Or Die!

1. The state motto of New Hampshire, which appears on that

state's automobile licence plates.

2. A slogan associated with Unix in the romantic days when

Unix aficionados saw themselves as a tiny, beleaguered

underground tilting against the windmills of industry. The

"free" referred specifically to freedom from the fascist

design philosophies and crufty misfeatures common on

commercial operating systems. Armando Stettner, one of the

early Unix developers, used to give out fake licence plates

bearing this motto under a large Unix, all in New Hampshire

colours of green and white. These are now valued collector's

items.