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From: "Bradley M. Kuhn"
Bradley M. Kuhn is -the Policy Fellow and Hacker-in-Residence -at Software Freedom Conservancy and editor-in-chief -of copyleft.org. Kuhn began his work in -the software freedom movement as a volunteer in 1992, when he became an early -adopter of Linux-based systems, and began contributing to various Free -Software projects, including Perl. He worked during the 1990s as a system -administrator and software developer for various companies, and taught AP -Computer Science at Walnut Hills High School in Cincinnati. Kuhn's -non-profit career began in 2000, when he was hired by the FSF. As FSF's -Executive Director from 2001–2005, Kuhn -led FSF's GPL enforcement, -launched its Associate Member -program, and invented -the Affero GPL. Kuhn -was appointed President of Software Freedom Conservancy in April 2006, was -Conservancy's primary volunteer from 2006–2010, and has been a -full-time staffer since early 2011. Kuhn holds a summa cum laude B.S. in +
In addition to being a Director-at-large of
Kuhn worked during the 1990s as a system administrator and software developer +for various companies, and taught high school Advanced Placement Computer +Science. As FSF’s Executive Director from 2001–2005, Kuhn led FSF’s GPL +enforcement, launched its Associate Member program, and invented the copyleft +network services clause found in the Affero GPL. Kuhn was SFC’s primary +volunteer from 2006–2010, and became its first staffer in 2011. Kuhn’s +work at SFC focuses +on enforcement of +copyleft and the GPL agreements, FOSS licensing policy, and non-profit +infrastructural solutions for FOSS. Kuhn holds a summa cum laude B.S. in Computer Science -from Loyola +from Loyola University in Maryland, and an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of -Cincinnati. Kuhn's -Master's thesis discussed methods for dynamic interoperability of Free -Software programming languages. Kuhn received -the O'Reilly -Open Source Award in 2012, in recognition for his lifelong policy work on -copyleft licensing. Kuhn has a -blog and co-hosts -the audcast, Free as in Freedom.
+Cincinnati. Kuhn’s +Master’s thesis discussed methods for dynamic interoperability of FOSS +programming languages. Kuhn received the 2012 Open Source Award, and the 2021 +Award for the Advancement of Free Software — both in recognition for +his lifelong policy work on copyleft licensing and its enforcement. + +Kuhn writes about his work + on SFCapos;s blog + and as @bkuhn@copyleft.org on + the fediverse (via Mastodon).
Bradley Kuhn is + SFCapos;s Policy Fellow +and Hacker-in-Residence. Kuhn began his work in the software freedom movement +as a volunteer in 1992 — as an early adopter of Linux-based systems and +contributor to various +FOSS projects, + including Perl.
-Bradley M. Kuhn is
-the Policy Fellow and
-Hacker-in-Residence at Software Freedom
-Conservancy and editor-in-chief
-of copyleft.org. Kuhn began his work in
-the software freedom movement as a volunteer in 1992, when he became an early
-adopter of Linux-based systems, and began contributing to various Free
-Software projects, including Perl. He worked during the 1990s as a system
-administrator and software developer for various companies, and taught AP
-Computer Science at Walnut Hills High School in Cincinnati. Kuhn's
-non-profit career began in 2000, when he was hired by the FSF. As FSF's
-Executive Director from 2001–2005, Kuhn
-led FSF's GPL enforcement,
-launched its Associate Member
-program, and invented
-the Affero GPL. Kuhn
-began as Conservancy's primary volunteer from 2006–2010, and became its first
-staff person in 2011. Kuhn holds a summa cum laude B.S. in Computer Science
-from Loyola
+ Kuhn worked during the 1990s as a system administrator and software developer
+for various companies, and taught high school Advanced Placement Computer
+Science. As FSF’s Executive Director from 2001–2005, Kuhn led FSF’s GPL
+enforcement, launched its Associate Member program, and invented the copyleft
+network services clause found in the Affero GPL. Kuhn was SFC’s primary
+volunteer from 2006–2010, and became its first staffer in 2011. Kuhn’s
+work at SFC focuses
+on enforcement of
+copyleft and the GPL Agreements, FOSS licensing policy, and non-profit
+infrastructural solutions for FOSS. Kuhn holds a summa cum laude B.S. in
+Computer Science
+from Loyola
University in Maryland, and an M.S. in Computer Science from
the University of
-Cincinnati. Kuhn's
-Master's thesis discussed methods for dynamic interoperability of Free
-Software programming languages. Kuhn received
-the O'Reilly
-Open Source Award in 2012, in recognition for his lifelong policy work on
-copyleft licensing. Kuhn has a
-blog and co-hosts
-the audcast, Free as in
-Freedom.
Kuhn writes about his work + on SFC's blog + and as @bkuhn@copyleft.org on + the fediverse (via Mastodon).