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John Sullivan
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| Born | December 6, 1976 |
| Employer | Free Software Foundation [1] |
William John Sullivan (more commonly known as John Sullivan ; [2] born December 6, 1976) is a software freedom activist, hacker, and writer. John was formerly executive director [3] [4] of the Free Software Foundation (FSF), where he has worked since early 2003. He is also a speaker and webmaster for the GNU Project . He also maintains the Plannermode and delicious-el packages for the GNU Emacs text editor.
Biography [ edit ]
Active in both the free software and free culture communities, Sullivan has a BA in philosophy from Michigan State University and an MFA in Writing and Poetics. In college, Sullivan was a successful policy debater , reaching finals of CEDA Nationals and the semifinals of the National Debate Tournament . [5]
Until 2007, John was the main contact behind the Defective by Design , BadVista and Play Ogg campaigns. He also served as the chief webmaster for the GNU Project , until July 2006. [6]
He served as Executive Director of the Free Software Foundation from 2011 to 2022.
As a speaker for the GNU Project [ edit ]
John has delivered speeches on the following topics, [7] in English:
- Digital rights management [8] issues and the FSF's Defective by Design campaign
- Media format patents , proprietary licensing , and the FSF's PlayOgg.org campaign
- Choosing free software over Microsoft Windows
- How you can help: Strategies for communicating and organizing around free software ideals
- Why software should be free
- Introduction to the GPLv3 and free software licensing
- FSF/GNU high-priority free software projects [9]
References [ edit ]
- ^ Contacting the Free Software Foundation
- ^ John Sullivan's home page
- ^ FSF announces new executive director
- ^ Free Software Foundation announces new executive director, Zoë Kooyman
- ^ "NDT Results 1997-2005" (PDF) . American Forensic Association . Retrieved 9 March 2011 .
- ^ GNU's Webmasters - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)
- ^ GNU and Free Software Speakers - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)
- ^ Confusing Words and Phrases that are Worth Avoiding - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)
- ^ High Priority Free Software Projects - Free Software Foundation Archived 2007-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
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