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William John Sullivan

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American software programmer

United StatesDevelopersBorn 1976 · age 49
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William John Sullivan is a software freedom activist, hacker, and writer. John was formerly executive director of the Free Software Foundation (FSF), where he has worked since early 2003. He is also a speaker and webmaster for the GNU Project.

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Matthew Garrett and John Sullivan at LibrePlanet 2016Matthew Garrett and John Sullivan at LibrePlanet 2016

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2017O'Reilly Open Source Award

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William John Sullivan is a software freedom activist, hacker, and writer. John was formerly executive director of the Free Software Foundation (FSF), where he has worked since early 2003. He is also a speaker and webmaster for the GNU Project. He also maintains the Plannermode and delicious-el packages for the GNU Emacs text editor.

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Born 1976 · age 49
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