William John Sullivan

William John Sullivan

Infobox Person
name = John Sullivan


caption = John Sullivan at Free Software Foundation event, June 2006.
birth_name = William John Sullivan
birth_date = birth date and age|mf=yes|1976|12|6
residence = Newton, MAcite web |url=http://johnsu01.livejournal.com/profile |title=Contacting John Sullivan|accessdate=2007-07-16 |author=Sullivan, William John]
employer = Free Software Foundation [http://www.fsf.org/about/contact.html Contacting the Free Software Foundation] ]

William John Sullivan (more commonly known as John Sullivan [ [http://wjsullivan.net Index of / ] ] ) (born December 6, 1976) is a software freedom activist, hacker, and writer. John is currently a manager at the Free Software Foundation, where he has worked since early 2003. He is also a speaker and webmaster for the GNU Project. He also maintains of the Plannermode and delicious-el packages for the GNU Emacs text editor.

Active in both the free software and free culture communities, Sullivan has a BA in philosophy and an MFA in Writing and Poetics.

Until 2007, John was the main contact behind the Defective by Design, BadVista and Play Ogg campaigns. He also served as the chief-webmaster for the GNU Project, until July 2006 [ [http://www.gnu.org/people/webmeisters.html GNU's Webmasters - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF) ] ] .

As a speaker for the GNU Project

John currently delivers speeches on the following topics [ [http://www.gnu.org/people/speakers.html#Sullivan GNU and Free Software Speakers - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF) ] ] , in English:

* Digital Restrictions Management [ [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html Confusing Words and Phrases that are Worth Avoiding - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF) ] ] issues and the FSF's Defective by Design campaign
* Media format patents, proprietary licensing, and the FSF's PlayOgg.org campaign
* Choosing free software over Microsoft Windows Vista, and the FSF's BadVista.org campaign
* How you can help: Strategies for communicating and organizing around free software ideals
* Why software should be free
* Introduction to the GPLv3 and free software licensing
* FSF/GNU high-priority free software projects [la icon [http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/priority.html High Priority Free Software Projects - Free Software Foundation ] ]

References

External links

* [http://wjsullivan.net/ Personal homepage]
* [http://journal.wjsullivan.net/ John Sullivan's weblog]
* [http://www.fsf.org/ Free Software Foundation]
* [http://www.badvista.org Bad Vista]
* [http://www.playogg.org Play Ogg]
* [http://www.defectivebydesign Defective by Design]


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