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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 am active as a member of OSI's license review committee, and helping OSI handle some gnarly political issues that threaten Open Source. Here are [[my last three license reviews>>url:https://perens.com/reviews-of-european-space-agency-licenses/||rel="__blank"]], of licenses submitted by the European Space Agency. As you can see, it was a whole day's work to understand and comment upon these licenses.
	9	+I am active as a member of OSI's license review committee, and helping OSI handle some gnarly political issues that threaten Open Source. Here are [[my last three license reviews>>url:https://perens.com/reviews-of-european-space-agency-licenses/||rel="__blank"]], of licenses submitted by the European Space Agency. As you can see, it took a lot my work day to understand and comment upon these licenses.
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11	11	I continue to keynote Open Source conferences worldwide. 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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