People

In this section we briefly list some people you should have heard about from the world of open source and free software.

Richard Stallman

• FSF Founder
• Free software activist
• In 1983 he wrote the "GNU is not Linux" a.k.a. the GNU Manifesto
• Coined the term "Free as in speech vs. free as in beer"
• More: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman

Eric S. Raymond

• Founder of OSI
• Wrote these notable essays - worth reading!
  • "The Cathedral and the Bazaar"
  • "Homesteading the Noosphere"
• More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_S._Raymond

Linus Torvalds

• "Inventor" of Linux and git
• More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds

Lawrence Lessig

• Professor at Harvard Law School and political activist
• Cofounder of Creative Commons
• More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Lessig