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www/people speakers.html
From: |
Richard M. Stallman |
Subject: |
www/people speakers.html |
Date: |
Sat, 25 Feb 2023 13:57:29 -0500 (EST) |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Richard M. Stallman <rms> 23/02/25 13:57:29
Modified files:
people : speakers.html
Log message:
(John Sullivan): Updated.
(Mako Hill): Deleted.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/people/speakers.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.142&r2=1.143
Patches:
Index: speakers.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/people/speakers.html,v
retrieving revision 1.142
retrieving revision 1.143
diff -u -b -r1.142 -r1.143
--- speakers.html 11 Feb 2023 13:55:28 -0000 1.142
+++ speakers.html 25 Feb 2023 18:57:26 -0000 1.143
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
<li><a href="#Greve">Georg C. F. Greve</a></li>
<li><a href="#Heath">Dr. Peter Heath</a></li>
<li><a href="#Heinz">Federico Heinz</a></li>
-<li><a href="#Mako">Benjamin Mako Hill</a></li>
<li><a href="#Issa">Kefah T. Issa</a></li>
<li><a href="#Marchesi">Jose E. Marchesi</a></li>
<li><a href="#Oliva">Alexandre Oliva</a></li>
@@ -297,61 +296,6 @@
</p>
</dd></dl>
- <h3><a id="Mako">Benjamin Mako Hill</a>
-<a href="mailto:mako@atdot.cc"><mako@atdot.cc></a></h3>
- <dl><dt><strong>Biography</strong></dt>
-
- <dd>
-
- <p>Benjamin Mako Hill is an author, technology and copyright
- researcher, activist, and consultant. He is currently working full
- time on research into the application of technologies and lessons
- learned in free software toward the production of other types of
- creative works a graduate student at the MIT Media Laboratory. He
- has been an leader, developer, and contributor to the free software
- community for more than a decade as part of the Debian and Ubuntu
- projects. He is the author of the Debian GNU/Linux Bible and the
- Official Ubuntu book.</p>
-
- </dd>
-
- <dt><strong>Topics</strong></dt>
-
- <dd>
- <p>
- Mako can speak about:
- </p>
- <ul>
-
- <li>Introduction to free software priniciples and practice</li>
-
- <li>Free software development methodology, project management
- techniques, and best practices</li>
-
- <li>Issues around financing voluntary free software projects</li>
-
- <li>Free software and free culture; Extending free software ideas to
- the world beyond software</li>
-
- </ul>
-
- <p><a href="http://mako.cc/talks/">A more complete list of talks</a>
- that Hill has given is <a href="http://mako.cc/talks/">also
- available</a>.
- </p>
-
- </dd>
-
- <dt><strong>Languages</strong></dt>
- <dd>
- <p>English. He also used to speak
- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amharic" title="Wikipedia entry
for Amahric">
- Amahric</a> as well but is very out of practice.
- </p>
- </dd>
-
- </dl>
-
<h3><a id="Issa">Kefah T. Issa</a>
<a href="mailto:kefah.issa@freesoft.jo"><kefah.issa@freesoft.jo></a></h3>
<dl>
@@ -550,9 +494,9 @@
<dt><strong>Biography</strong></dt>
<dd>
<p>
-John Sullivan is currently the Executive Director of
-the <a href="http://www.fsf.org">Free Software Foundation</a>, where he
-has worked since early 2003. He is active in and familiar with a number
+John Sullivan was formerly the Executive Director of
+the <a href="http://www.fsf.org">Free Software Foundation</a>, which
+he had worked for since early 2003. He is active in and familiar with a number
of free software and free culture communities. While he has received more
formal training as a penniless poet than a programmer, he has authored
and currently maintains a few free software packages in his off time, and
@@ -691,7 +635,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
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-$Date: 2023/02/11 13:55:28 $
+$Date: 2023/02/25 18:57:26 $
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</p>
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