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YAGPLv3LP

By Rich Johnson on Published: June 29, 2007 at 1:53 pm

Yet Another GPLv3 Launched Post Good job to the Free Software Foundation! Congrats to all of them, and especially congrats to Mako to his new board position as well. Peter Brown, thank you for all of the FSF, Deffective by Design, Bad Vista, iPod DRM, and GNU/Linux stickers you recently sent as well. They were […]

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Bad Vista

By Rich Johnson on Published: January 27, 2007 at 10:38 pm

The BadVista campaign is an advocate for the freedom of computer users, opposing adoption of Microsoft Windows Vista and promoting free (as in freedom) software alternatives. I had been meaning to blog this but totally forgot until just checking out my FSF membership information. There is some pretty good information on their site, plus I […]

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Who is Rich Johnson?

My name is Rich Johnson. I am a professional developer, as well as an open source enthusiast, advocate, and author. I spend any free time I can get cycling.

Back in 1994 I was introduced to the world of open source software by installing Linux on a PC I had purchased from the Navy Exchange. At that time I had no idea what I was going up against, but never once did I let myself get frustrated, as Windows had already done that to me. Since then, I have completely immersed myself into the open source world and have been an active contributor.