Opposite to the need-to-know basis. Bypassing the security of this tight security method, in which information is only given to those who can present a good case for knowing about a project; this basis allows those who "want-to-know" to fight those who say they do not need-to-know.
John: You don't have a need-to-know, girlfreind!
Leslie: Right, but I am on a want-to-know basis, dawg!
Leslie: Right, but I am on a want-to-know basis, dawg!
by B Williams October 11, 2007