New Director For Free Software Foundation08/03/2011 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 1 CommentShare this Story:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)IP-Watch is a non-profit independent news service and depends on subscriptions. To access all of our content, please subscribe now. You may also offer additional support with your subscription, or donate.The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has announced the appointment of a new executive director. John Sullivan has been the FSF operations manager since 2007, according to their press release. Sullivan’s appointment follows the departure of Peter Brown, the foundation’s executive director since 2005, who said he was taking a short break and plans to continue in a volunteer role for the FSF, supporting fundraising efforts.Sullivan’s background is mainly in the humanities, according to the FSF website.“I’m especially interested in our projects to promote free software adoption in public and educational institutions, in doing what we can to make GNU and the rest of the free software movement a welcoming, positive place for everyone, and in standing up to bullying from companies who think they should be able to take freedom from individuals in order to make a buck.” He gave examples such as Apple and Microsoft “locking free software out of their mobile application stores; Sony prosecuting people for installing free software on hardware in their own homes; and Adobe, MPEG-LA and others trying to erect toll gates at the entrance to the free Web.”Sullivan will work with FSF founder Richard Stallman, who is president of the organisation.Share this Story:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)RelatedCatherine Saez may be reached at info@ip-watch.ch."New Director For Free Software Foundation" by Intellectual Property Watch is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Jason Matthews says08/03/2011 at 6:59 pmWelcome, John, and best regards to you. Free software and apps is what makes the internet so revolutionary. I wish you all the power in the world to stand up to the bullies out there.Reply
