From: Amin Bandali Originally published on the Free Software Foundation's sysadmin
+blog: Hi there, I'm Amin Bandali, often just 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
+why
+"open source" misses the point of free software. 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
+GNU AGPL
+license. My involvement with the GNU
+Project started in 2016, first as a volunteer webmaster, and later
+as one of the maintainers of
+GNUzilla and
+IceCat late last year. Also around the same time, I led a group
+of volunteers in organizing and holding
+EmacsConf 2019 as a
+completely online conference, using only free software tools, much
+like the excellent
+LibrePlanet
+2020. I love GNU
+Emacs, 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. More closely related to my internship with the FSF tech team, I
+have been familiarizing myself with various pieces of the
+GNU Savannah 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. 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 free
+software forge 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 so much for the GNU project and the wider free
+software community. Originally published on the Free Software Foundation's sysadmin
-blog: Hi there, I'm Amin Bandali, often just 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
-why
-"open source" misses the point of free software. 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
-GNU AGPL
-license. My involvement with the GNU
-Project started in 2016, first as a volunteer webmaster, and later
-as one of the maintainers of
-GNUzilla and
-IceCat late last year. Also around the same time, I led a group
-of volunteers in organizing and holding
-EmacsConf 2019 as a
-completely online conference, using only free software tools, much
-like the excellent
-LibrePlanet
-2020. I love GNU
-Emacs, 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. More closely related to my internship with the FSF tech team, I
-have been familiarizing myself with various pieces of the
-GNU Savannah 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. 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 free
-software forge 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 so much for the GNU project and the wider free
-software community.
+Introducing
+Amin Bandali, intern with the FSF tech team.bandali
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.
-Introducing
-Amin Bandali, intern with the FSF tech team.bandali
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.
On the side, I enjoy hacking -on elisp -and guile. I'm a +on Emacs +Lisp. I'm a GNU maintainer, webmaster, and Savannah hacker; and an associate member of the Free Software Foundation (FSF). I'm currently the chief organizer of the EmacsConf -conference, and the co-host of -the Emacs.el podcast with +conference, and the co-host of the +Emacs.el podcast with Daniel Gopar. I am also a member of the Systems Committee of the Computer Science Club of the University of Waterloo.
- -Starting in spring 2020, I am an intern with the FSF tech team.
Internship with the FSF tech team + | Internship with the FSF tech team (intro) | May 29, 2020 |