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Bruce Perens

1958 - Today

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Bruce Perens (born around 1958) is an American computer programmer and advocate in the free software movement. He created The Open Source Definition and published the first formal announcement and manifesto of open source. He co-founded the Open Source Initiative (OSI) with Eric S. Raymond. In 2005, Perens represented Open Source at the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society, at the invitation of the United Nations Development Programme. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bruce Perens is the 52nd most popular computer scientist (up from 188th in 2019). (up from 4,683rd in 2019)

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Among computer scientists, Bruce Perens ranks 52 out of 245. Before him are David Patterson, Thomas E. Kurtz, Mary Kenneth Keller, Juris Hartmanis, Paul Graham, and Joseph Weizenbaum. After him are Allen Newell, Leonard Kleinrock, Leslie Lamport, Alan Perlis, Pierre Bézier, and James Gosling.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Bruce Perens ranks 88. Before him are Phạm Minh Chính, Riccardo Paletti, Dragan Đokanović, Alessandro Baricco, Pernilla August, and Najla Bouden. After him are Nambaryn Enkhbayar, Nikki Sixx, Bruce Campbell, Rachid Taha, Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer, and Søren Lerby.

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