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| John Sullivan | |
 John Sullivan at Free Software Foundation event, June 2006.
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| Born | William John Sullivan December 6, 1976 |
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| Residence | Newton, MA[1] |
| 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 is currently a manager at the Free Software Foundation, where he has worked since early 2003. He is also a speaker and webmaster for the GNU Project. He also maintains of the Plannermode and delicious-el packages for the GNU Emacs text editor.
Active in both the free software and free culture communities, Sullivan has a BA in philosophy and an MFA in Writing and Poetics.
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[3].
As a speaker for the GNU Project
John currently delivers speeches on the following topics[4], in English:
- Digital Restrictions Management[5] 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 Vista, and the FSF's BadVista.org campaign
- 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 [6]
References
- ^ a b Sullivan, William John. "Contacting John Sullivan". Retrieved on 2007-07-16.
- ^ Index of /
- ^ 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)
- ^ (Latin) High Priority Free Software Projects - Free Software Foundation
External links
- Personal homepage
- John Sullivan's weblog
- Free Software Foundation
- Bad Vista
- Play Ogg
- Defective by Design
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