# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bruce-perens
# Generated: 2026-08-31T20:27:16.439Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/bruce-perens"
name: "Bruce Perens"
slug: "bruce-perens"
description: "Bruce Perens is an American computer programmer and advocate in the free software movement. He created The Open Source Definition and published the first formal announcement and manifesto of open source. He co-founded the Open Source Initiative (OSI) with Eric S. Raymond."
tagline: "American computer scientist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bruce_perens_13jan09_tacd_MAR_1557x1188.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1950"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 170
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump