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<h1>Internship with the FSF tech team</h1>
<p>by <a href="https://bndl.org"><b>bandali</b></a>
on May 29, 2020 <small>(also
in <a href="fsf-internship-intro.txt">plain text</a>)</small></p>

<p class="box">Originally published on the Free Software Foundation's
sysadmin blog:<br />
<a href="https://www.fsf.org/blogs/sysadmin/introducing-bandali-intern-with-the-fsf-tech-team">Introducing
Amin Bandali, intern with the FSF tech team</a></p>

<p>Hi there, I'm Amin Bandali, often just <code>bandali</code> on the
interwebs.  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>

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	41	<h1>Internship with the FSF tech team</h1>
	42	<p>by <a href="https://bndl.org"><b>bandali</b></a>
	43	on May 29, 2020 <small>(also
	44	in <a href="fsf-internship-intro.txt">plain text</a>)</small></p>
d9462d28	45
4c4f1c99	46	<p class="box">Originally published on the Free Software Foundation's
a0e46d57	47	sysadmin blog:<br />
d9462d28	48	<a href="https://www.fsf.org/blogs/sysadmin/introducing-bandali-intern-with-the-fsf-tech-team">Introducing
7b376474	49	Amin Bandali, intern with the FSF tech team</a></p>
d9462d28 AB	50
	51	<p>Hi there, I'm Amin Bandali, often just <code>bandali</code> on the
	52	interwebs. I wear a few different hats around GNU as a maintainer,
	53	webmaster, and Savannah hacker, and I'm very excited to be extending
	54	that to the Free Software Foundation (FSF) as an intern with the FSF
	55	tech team for spring 2020.</p>
	56
	57	<p>Growing up around parents with backgrounds in computer engineering
	58	and programming, it did not take long for me to find an interest in
	59	tinkering and playing with computers as a kid, and I first came into
	60	contact with GNU/Linux in my teenage years. My first introduction to
	61	the world of free software came a few years later, when a friend
	62	kindly pointed out to me that what I had vaguely known and referred to
	63	as "open source" software is more properly referred to as free
	64	software, and helped me see
	65	<a href="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html">why
	66	"open source" misses the point of free software</a>. After learning
	67	about and absorbing the ideas and ideals of free software, I have
	68	since become a free software activist. As a computer scientist who
	69	enjoys studying and hacking on various programs and sometimes writing
	70	my own, I have made a point of releasing all I can under strong
	71	copyleft licenses, particularly the
	72	<a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html">GNU AGPL</a>
	73	license.</p>
	74
	75	<p>My involvement with the <a href="https://www.gnu.org">GNU
	76	Project</a> started in 2016, first as a volunteer webmaster, and later
	77	as one of the maintainers of
	78	<a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/">GNUzilla and
	79	IceCat</a> late last year. Also around the same time, I led a group
	80	of volunteers in organizing and holding
	81	<a href="https://emacsconf.org/2019">EmacsConf 2019</a> as a
	82	completely online conference, using only free software tools, much
	83	like the excellent
	84	<a href="https://libreplanet.org/wiki/LibrePlanet:Conference/2020">LibrePlanet
	85	2020</a>. I love <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/">GNU
	86	Emacs</a>, and use it more than any other program. GNU Emacs helps me
	87	do a wide variety of tasks such as programming, reading and composing
	88	emails, and chatting via IRC.</p>
	89
	90	<p>More closely related to my internship with the FSF tech team, I
	91	have been familiarizing myself with various pieces of the
	92	<a href="https://savannah.gnu.org">GNU Savannah</a> infrastructure
	93	with help from veteran Savannah hacker Bob Proulx, gradually learning
	94	and picking up tasks helping with the administration and maintenance
	95	of Savannah. I am also a member of the Systems Committee of my
	96	university's computer science club, overseeing and maintaining a large
	97	fleet of GNU/Linux servers for our club members.</p>
	98
f51063bc AB	99	<p>For my internship with the Free Software Foundation, I will be
	100	working with the FSF tech team on a number of tasks, including helping
	101	with
d9462d28 AB	102	the <a href="https://www.fsf.org/blogs/sysadmin/coming-soon-a-new-site-for-fully-free-collaboration">free
	103	software forge</a> project, as well as various improvements for
	104	gnu.org. I look forward to learning many new things and picking up
	105	valuable skills through my internship with the FSF's exceptional tech
f51063bc AB	106	team, who do <em>so much</em> for the GNU project and the wider free
f51063bc AB	107	software community.</p>
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	112	<p>Copying and distribution of this file, with or without
	113	modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the
	114	copyright notice and this notice are preserved. This file is offered
	115	as-is, without any warranty.</p>
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