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Felipe Sanches by sdubois — last modified Oct 15, 2010 03:19 PM
Felipe Sanches is a GNU project contributor and free software advocate from Brazil
CERN by sdubois — last modified Oct 15, 2010 03:19 PM
CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is at the forefront of scientific and technological advancement. CERN operates the world's largest high-energy particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). We asked Markus Schulz, the leader of the Grid Deployment group at CERN, to explain the extensive use of free software in research and development at CERN.
US Department of Defense by sdubois — last modified Oct 15, 2010 03:19 PM
The US Department of Defense is the federal department responsible for national security and the United States armed forces. Daniel Risacher is the US Department of Defense's Associate Director of the Information Policy Agency. We asked him to explain the US armed forces approach to using free software.
Nagarjuna G by sdubois — last modified Oct 15, 2010 03:19 PM
Nagarjuna G is a free software hacker and activist from India. Nagarjuna explains his views on the free software movement and how he uses free software in his everyday life.
Marina Zhurakhinskaya by sdubois — last modified Jul 04, 2022 07:29 AM
Osama Khalid by sdubois — last modified Oct 15, 2010 03:19 PM
Osama Khalid is a high school student and free software developer. Osama explains his opinions surrounding free software as they relate to the importance of sharing and collaboration in society.
Selena Deckelmann by sdubois — last modified Jun 26, 2023 01:14 PM
Selena Deckelmann of the PostgreSQL project, explains her involvement with free software and hew views towards community and collaboration.
New York Stock Exchange by sdubois — last modified Oct 15, 2010 03:19 PM
NYSE Euronext Inc. operates multiple securities exchanges around the world, most notably the New York Stock Exchange. We spoke with CIO Steve Rubinow and asked him about using free software in this demanding environment.
Wikipedia by sdubois — last modified Oct 15, 2010 03:19 PM
Wikipedia is the freely licensed online encyclopedia launched in 2001, that is created and edited by volunteers from around the world. Wikipedia is available in over 240 languages and is the largest reference work on the Internet. We asked Wikipedia founder and leader Jimmy Wales about the importance of free software to Wikipedia's mission of spreading free knowledge.
Christopher Blizzard by sdubois — last modified Jul 20, 2020 05:23 PM
Christopher Blizzard of the Mozilla Project explains his views towards the importance of free software in a society increasingly dependent on computers.
Meet the Free Software Community by sdubois — last modified Apr 10, 2025 01:46 PM
Meet the Free Software Community
Free Software Foundation by sdubois — last modified Apr 06, 2022 10:55 AM
The Free Software Foundation is 501(c)3 non-for-profit with a worldwide mission to promote computer user freedom and to defend the rights of all free software users. Executive director Peter Brown explains FSF's exclusive use of free software and the availability of free software to do just about any job.
Matt Mullenweg by Matt Lee — last modified Jul 20, 2020 05:25 PM
Matt Mullenweg is the co-founder of the WordPress project.
Pouhiou by Zoë Kooyman — last modified Jul 16, 2020 03:38 PM
Framasoft is a nonprofit popular educational organization, a group of friends convinced that an emancipatory digital world is possible, convinced that it will arise through actual actions in the real world and online with and for you!
Sacha Chua by Zoë Kooyman — last modified Sep 13, 2021 06:20 PM
Sacha Chua posts weekly "Emacs News" and other notes on her personal blog at sachachua.com
Jim Garrett by Zoë Kooyman — last modified Jul 16, 2020 03:38 PM
Jim Garrett is a free software enthusiast and regular volunteer for the FSF and the LibrePlanet conference.
Michael Stenta by Zoë Kooyman — last modified Jul 23, 2020 04:23 PM
Micky Metts by Zoë Kooyman — last modified Jul 23, 2020 04:23 PM
Micky Metts is an activist hacker, industry organizer, public speaker, connector, and visionary, as well as a member of Agaric, a worker-owned cooperative of Web developers.
Alper Atmaca by Zoë Kooyman — last modified Jul 30, 2020 01:46 PM
Alper is first and foremost a free software advocate, as well as a lawyer in criminal and labor law. Ze is involved in the protection of personal data (GDPR-related) in both legal and civil society.
Eyüpsultan district of Turkey by Free Software Foundation — last modified Jul 26, 2022 11:49 AM
GNU Jami by Free Software Foundation — last modified Jul 26, 2023 10:56 AM
Adrien Béraud and Sébastien Blin are two developers from the GNU Jami project, which won the 2022 Free Software Award for Projects of Social Benefit. They tell us about their reasons for writing free software, what motivates their work on GNU Jami, and why all software should be free.
Ali Miracle by Free Software Foundation — last modified Jul 26, 2023 04:14 PM
Protesilaos Stavrou by Devin Ulibarri — last modified Jul 26, 2023 10:56 AM
Protesilaos Stavrou, who goes by "Prot," is a GNU Emacs contributor, philosopher and life coach, and winner of various awards, including the 2021 Free Software Award for Outstanding New Free Software Contributor.
Bastien Guerry by Free Software Foundation — last modified Dec 05, 2023 04:18 PM
Melanie Punz by Free Software Foundation — last modified Apr 10, 2025 11:24 AM
Mia Bajić by Free Software Foundation — last modified Apr 10, 2025 01:44 PM
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