Free Software Foundation on the election of a new president from this post by Richard Stallman after accusations of behavior unworthy of the leader of the PDF movement, and threats to break off relations with the PDF of some communities and organizations. Jeffrey Knaut became the new president), who has served on the Board of Directors of the Free Software Foundation since 1998 and has been involved with the GNU project since 1985.
Jeffrey graduated from Harvard University with a degree in economics, after which he devoted his life to computer science, which he now teaches at the college
. Geoffrey is a co-founder of the project . Except English Geoffrey Russian and French, and also speaks tolerably German and a little Chinese. Of interests, linguistics is also mentioned (there is work on Slavic languages ββββand literature) and piloting.
Jeffrey , which sees the goal of its future activities in helping the community protect and develop free software. He also noted the importance of maintaining a healthy spirit and community diversity, as differences in life experiences and opinions encourage creativity and new ideas. The Free Software movement began with the enthusiasm, dedication, and dedication of Richard Stallman, but over time the community has grown to be made up of the efforts and collaborative work of thousands of people around the world.
Jeffrey urged to treat each other with respect in case of disagreement and work together to develop the best solutions, as well as to remember what unites and inspires the adherents of open source software, as this is important for achieving the intended goal. He promised to maintain an honest dialogue with the community and provide support in the quest to secure the future of the Free Software for future generations and to preserve the postulates that underlie the Free Software movement.
The Foundation also announced the addition of a new member to the Board of Directors - Odile Benassi (), a French activist promoting free software. Odile teaches mathematics, researches and develops software. Odile is known in the community as the leader of the GNU Edu project. It is noted that Odile became the first director of the Foundation from Europe.
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