Richard Stallman

Richard Stallman

male, 56 years old
GNU, Free Software Foundation, hacker, rms, GNU Project, free software…software freedom, software developer, open source software, patenting software, free software license
Richard Stallman is the founder of the GNU project and the Free Software Foundation. Builder AU recently caught up with RMS about his achievements,...
Bruce Perens

Bruce Perens

male (Berkeley, California, United States)
Debian Project leader, Vice President of Developer Relations and Policy, open source advisor, hacker, pixtar, open source…open source software, freesoftwaremovement, Software in the Public Interest, open source movement, free software programmer
Bruce Perens is a former Debian GNU/Linux Project Leader, the primary author of the Open Source Definition, a founder of Software in the Public...
Leonard H. Tower Jr.

Leonard H. Tower Jr.

male, 60 years old
From Queen, advocate, activist, Brentwood High School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, GNU…freesoftwaremovement, Free Software Foundation, free software programmer
Leonard "Len" H. Tower Jr. (born June 17, 1949) is a hacker and activist in the free software movement, environmentalist, artist, poet, and...
Spencer Kimball

Spencer Kimball

male
computer programmer, GNU Image Manipulation Program, Google employee, Linux, gnubile, Gnutella…freesoftwaremovement, free software programmer
Spencer Kimball is a computer programmer most notable for his early work on the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP). In 1995, while students at...

Rich Salz

male
usenet, InterNetNews, John P. Nelson, Concurrent Versions System, AberMUD, freesoftwaremovement
Rich Salz is currently Chief Security Officer of Datapower, which was recently acquired by IBM. He has made numerous contributions to recent work...
Jonathan Bastien-Filiatrault

Jonathan Bastien-Filiatrault

male
Autodidact, open source, audiophile, Information Technology and Services, GNU/Linux Sysadmin, Collège Gérald-Godin…freesoftwaremovement, free software
I am a very curious person, I enjoy anything that presents a challenge. Always on the lookout for new ideas.