based on The article at Yale Law Tech, entitled "46 DC EA D3 17 FE 45 D8 09 23 EB 97 E4 95 64 10 D4 CD B2 C2", by "Ben S" 3-1-2011, retrieved 3-6-2011, which describes an aspect of the Sony vs en:Geohot case regarding the en:jailbreaking of the Playstation 3 (PS3). 
simple geometric shapes, cannot be copyright.

Other versions
Other references to and versions of this flag: 

Six bars, black text
slashdot.org post from February 09 2011, user Kitsune Inari
"46 DC EA D3 17 FE 45 D8 09 23 EB 97 E4 95 64 10 D4 CD B2 C2", Yale Law and Tech, Ben S., 3-1-11
Seven bars, no text
reddit.com post, early February 2011, by user Derpetology (a flag with all stripes, no lettering)
user Aviary version, linked at reddit.com comment, by user Yserbius, early February, 2011 (another similar flag)by JulyoSix bars, alpha blending text
File:NewFreeSpeechFlag.svg by user Julyo , 30 January 2011
thewolfweb.com post, 1/30/2011. user lewisje (link to NewFreeSpeechFlag.svg by Julyo)
Dongle key issue
The flag is actually based on an old 'dongle key', not even directly related to the keys that George Hotz / fail0verflow obtained and that Hotz posted to his website. See comments at 46 DC EA ... (Yale Law Tech)", for more info.
There is another flag based on the Hotz/fail0verflow keys, by Vivin Paliath, here: http://vivin.net/2011/02/08/i-made-a-pretty-picture/ from 2-8-2011 (his slashdot comment Feb 9 '11)
See Also
File:Free-speech-flag.svg from HD DVD/AACS caseen:AACS encryption key controversy (HD DVD)
en:DeCSS: Steganography Wing of the Gallery of CSS Descramblers, Carnegie Mellon University, Dave Touretzky
en:Illegal number
RE: en:Wikipedia:Oversighting / Suppression: see Talk page at Commons
Mash of flag at Article at Yale Law &amp; Tech, entitled "46 DC EA D3 17 FE 45 D8 09 23 EB 97 E4 95 64 10 D4 CD B2 C2", by Ben S. , and svg code from File:Free-speech-flag.svg
This SVG code is based on both the bitmap post of Ben S. at Yale Law and Tech blog (see Source) and of the file File:Free-speech-flag.svg , adaptation/modification by User:Decora