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Career. Weiden first became involved with the Free software movement in 1997 and became an advocate for free software. [4] [1] In June 2003, Fernanda Weiden and Loimar Vianna founded Projeto Software Livre Mulheres. [5] [6] She was a sponsored Debian contributor; [4] [7] she was a member of Debian Women and participated until 2011.
Free software advocate. Emma Jane Hogbin (born May 2, 1977) is a Canadian technical writer and free software advocate who lives in Dartmoor, [1] United Kingdom. [2] She is active in Drupal [3] and the Bazaar version control system [3] in different capacities and has contributed documentation to the Linux Documentation Project. [4]
International Open Source Network (IOSN) – existed 2004–2006; promoted use of open-source software in Asia. Open Source Alliance of Central Asia – founded 2011; advocates for use of open source software in Central Asia. Hamakor – founded 2003; promotes use of free and open-source software in Israel. FOSS United Foundation – founded 2020.
Some free software advocates use the terms "Free and Open-Source Software" (FOSS) or "Free/Libre and Open-Source Software" (FLOSS) as a form of inclusive compromise, which brings free and open-source software advocates together to work on projects cohesively. Some users believe this is an ideal solution in order to promote both the user's ...
The Ada Initiative was a non-profit organization that sought to increase women's participation in the free culture movement, open-source technology and open culture.The organization was founded in 2011 by Linux kernel developer and open source advocate Valerie Aurora and open source developer and advocate Mary Gardiner (the founder of AussieChix, the largest organization for women in open ...
AnitaB.org (formerly Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, and Institute for Women in Technology) is a global nonprofit organization based in Belmont, California. [2] Founded by computer scientists Anita Borg and Telle Whitney , the institute's primary aim is to recruit, retain, and advance women in technology.
Children. 2. Reshma Saujani (born November 18, 1975) is an American lawyer, politician, civil servant, and the founder of the nonprofit organization "Girls Who Code", which aims to increase the number of women in computer science and close the gender employment difference in that field. She worked in city government as a deputy public advocate ...
Free software advocates strongly believe that this methodology is biased by counting more vulnerabilities for the free software systems, since their source code is accessible and their community is more forthcoming about what problems exist as a part of full disclosure, [39] [40] and proprietary software systems can have undisclosed societal ...