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I wear a few different hats around GNU as a maintainer, -webmaster, and Savannah hacker, and I'm very excited to be extending -that to the Free Software Foundation (FSF) as an intern with the FSF -tech team for spring 2020.</p> - -<p>Growing up around parents with backgrounds in computer engineering -and programming, it did not take long for me to find an interest in -tinkering and playing with computers as a kid, and I first came into -contact with GNU/Linux in my teenage years. My first introduction to -the world of free software came a few years later, when a friend -kindly pointed out to me that what I had vaguely known and referred to -as "open source" software is more properly referred to as free -software, and helped me see -<a href="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html">why -"open source" misses the point of free software</a>. After learning -about and absorbing the ideas and ideals of free software, I have -since become a free software activist. As a computer scientist who -enjoys studying and hacking on various programs and sometimes writing -my own, I have made a point of releasing all I can under strong -copyleft licenses, particularly the -<a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html">GNU AGPL</a> -license.</p> - -<p>My involvement with the <a href="https://www.gnu.org">GNU -Project</a> started in 2016, first as a volunteer webmaster, and later -as one of the maintainers of -<a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/">GNUzilla and -IceCat</a> late last year. Also around the same time, I led a group -of volunteers in organizing and holding -<a href="https://emacsconf.org/2019">EmacsConf 2019</a> as a -completely online conference, using only free software tools, much -like the excellent -<a href="https://libreplanet.org/wiki/LibrePlanet:Conference/2020">LibrePlanet -2020</a>. I love <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/">GNU -Emacs</a>, and use it more than any other program. GNU Emacs helps me -do a wide variety of tasks such as programming, reading and composing -emails, and chatting via IRC.</p> - -<p>More closely related to my internship with the FSF tech team, I -have been familiarizing myself with various pieces of the -<a href="https://savannah.gnu.org">GNU Savannah</a> infrastructure -with help from veteran Savannah hacker Bob Proulx, gradually learning -and picking up tasks helping with the administration and maintenance -of Savannah. I am also a member of the Systems Committee of my -university's computer science club, overseeing and maintaining a large -fleet of GNU/Linux servers for our club members.</p> - -<p>For my internship with the Free Software Foundation, I will be -working with the FSF tech team on a number of tasks, including helping -with -the <a href="https://www.fsf.org/blogs/sysadmin/coming-soon-a-new-site-for-fully-free-collaboration">free -software forge</a> project, as well as various improvements for -gnu.org. I look forward to learning many new things and picking up -valuable skills through my internship with the FSF's exceptional tech -team, who do <em>so much</em> for the GNU project and the wider free -software community.</p> - -<hr /> -<details id="copy"> -<summary>Copyright © 2020 bandali</summary> -<p>Copying and distribution of this file, with or without -modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the -copyright notice and this notice are preserved. This file is offered -as-is, without any warranty.</p> -</details> -</body> -</html>