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7	7	I am one of the founders of the Open Source Initiative and was an initial board member 20 years ago. I was the creator of the //[[Open Source Definition>>url:https://opensource.org/osd]], //the rules for Open Source licensing which OSI still uses. I published my first Open Source program,// //the//[[ //Electric Fence//>>url:https://elinux.org/Electric_Fence||rel="__blank"]] //malloc debugger, to the USENET newsgroup comp.sources.sun from [[Pixar>>url:https://www.pixar.com/]] in the late 1980's. So, I've been participating in Open Source for about 30 years now - half my life, and it still takes up much of my life every day.
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9		-I continue to tour the world promoting Open Source software, keynoting many conferences. At home, I'm working on Open Source for Space as president of [[Open Research Institute>>url:https://openresearch.institute/]], Inc. (ORI), a non-profit organization that facilitates worldwide collaboration in the development of space systems and other technology that - without careful handling - would be restricted as "munitions" under [[ITAR>>url:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Traffic_in_Arms_Regulations]] and [[EAR>>url:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_Administration_Regulations]]. ORI will apply to become an affiliate of OSI once we're certified as a 501(c)3 non-profit. To support my family, I run a small business, //Legal Engineering,// which helps law firms and their customers to understand Open Source and to resolve license compliance issues. I'm not an attorney.
	9	+I continue to tour the world promoting Open Source software, keynoting many conferences. At home, I'm working on Open Source for Space as president of [[Open Research Institute>>url:https://openresearch.institute/]], Inc. (ORI), a non-profit organization that facilitates worldwide collaboration in the development of space systems and other technology that - without careful handling - would be restricted as "munitions" under [[ITAR>>url:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Traffic_in_Arms_Regulations]] and [[EAR>>url:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_Administration_Regulations]]. ORI will apply to become an affiliate of OSI once we're certified as a 501(c)3 non-profit. To support my family, I run a small business, //Legal Engineering,// which helps law firms and their customers to understand Open Source and to resolve license compliance issues. I'm not a lawyer.
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11	11	I was the second [[Debian>>url:https://www.debian.org/]] project leader and successfully split the development of the "core" of Debian among many different developers worldwide instead of a single developer. At the time, nobody knew that you could do that and have the system actually //run //when it all came together. We succeeded in getting the Debian system on two Space Shuttle flights, and built not just Debian but the foundation of all of its derivatives today: Ubuntu, Mint, etc.
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27	27	2.// **The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance**// - There are some //serious //problems facing the Open Source community, and there always are, every year. Who is pushing back for you?// Maybe not who you think. //We are faced with powerful companies and their industry associations that profess to represent Open Source while they work against our interest, like loggers who claim to speak for the trees. They are trying right now to establish royalty-bearing patents in "Open" standards that would prevent the implementation of Open Source that complied with the standard, or its commercial use. They are fighting to make our licenses unenforceable - one country's copyright commission even sponsored a presentation on making Open Source licenses "guidelines" rather than legal requirements**. **Well-known companies flaunt decade-long infringements of licenses that //don't even ask for much,// potentially establishing a precedent for courts to further dishonor our licenses.** **One company and their lawyer sued me for defamation for even //daring //to blog that they //might //be violating an Open Source license. I ran up a fortune in legal defense fees, but I'm sticking with the case, to protect the Free Speech Rights of Open Source developers. Against all of these forces, we have our small, poorly funded organizations like OSI that truly have the community's goals at heart, and people like me who try to fund their activities out of their own pockets. We need all of the help we can get.
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29		-== Want to Talk? ==
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31	31	Your OSI board members should be available. The best way to reach me is via email to bruce at perens dot com. You can also leave a message at 510-4PERENS and I'll call back. I live in Berkeley, California, a mile or so from Campus. My weblog is [[Perens.com>>url:https://perens.com/]] . I'm [[@BrucePerens>>url:https://twitter.com/BrucePerens]] on Twitter. I have presences on other social networks, but use them much less frequently. Please use email rather than social networks to contact me. I check email most frequently.
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	1	+I agree with you, Bruce! +1 on “We're not reaching the common people” — it's so true.
	2	+I've taken a look at the plans of many of the other candidates, and am excited about what they want to do for OSI. I feel the same way as you do on my work — I will be doing it whether I am elected to the board or not, and hope that should I not be elected, I can find other ways to collaborate with OSI as a regular member.

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