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Bruce Perens

The home page of Bruce Perens, a leader in the Open Source / Free Software community. Perens is best known as the creator of the "Open Source Definition", the manifesto of the Open Source movement in software and the definitive definition of Open Source licensing.

About Bruce Perens

Information about Bruce Perens, including a biography.

About Self-Promotion: Bruce Perens talks about self-promotion. Notoriety in the press and elsewhere means that he'll be listened to when there are important topics to talk about. Self-promotion is an inelegant but necessary tool to maintain that sort of notoriety.
Biography: Resume / biography of Bruce Perens. This is the long version. The Press section also has a short bio.
Impact Statement: What impact has Bruce Perens had upon the world?
Table of Contents: Human-readable site map, with page summaries.
Who is Bruce Perens?: Introducing Bruce Perens, who he is and what he's about. This is a good place to start learning about him.

Bruce Perens' Business

Information about companies that Bruce is participating in, and his consulting, training, and public speaking business.

Bruce Perens' Public Speaking Business: Bruce will deliver an inspirational keynote speech at your conference. He sometimes speaks for free at government and non-profit events. There is a speakers's fee if your conference is commercial in nature.
Bruce Perens' Training Business: Bruce Perens will train your managers, attorneys, and engineers on issues of Open Source software.
Kiloboot: Bruce Perens' Latest Start-Up Company.: Kiloboot is a start-up making a yet-unannounced product. The product is dual-licensed with an accepted Open Source license and a commercial license for those who do not wish to be bound by the terms of the Open Source license or who need additional support.
Strategic and Technical Consulting: Bruce Perens is available to train your management, attorneys, and engineers on the effective use of Open Source software to achieve your business goals while not exposing your company to additional risk.

Bruce Perens' News

More detail for the news on our front page.

"Innovation Goes Public" at Stanford, March 6, 2008: Bruce will present "Innovation Goes Public" at Stanford on March 6, 2008

For the Press

Materials that reporters will need in composing stories, including a short bio, photographs, and contact information for a press agent.

Photographs of Bruce Perens: Photos of Bruce for use in press coverage.
Press Releases: Press releases on Perens' activities, meant for reporters and editors who would write about them.
Public Relations contact: How to contact Bruce's press agent.
Quotations: Notable quotations of Bruce Perens
Short Bio: Short biography of Bruce Perens, suitable for use in news stories.

Public Policy

The various public policy topics upon which Bruce Perens is active, including policy statements on those topics.

Public Policy Area: Education: Education, including Education Without Teachers, use of Open Source in education, Amateur Radio and Education.
Public Policy Area: Enablement: Enabling individuals, including Open Source Software as an enablement tool, the Internet as an enablement tool, the individual and technology.
Public Policy Area: Open Source Software: What should public policy be regarding Open Source? Policies for use of Open Source in business and government. Policies for Open Source projects and developers.
Public Policy Area: Software Patents: Software patenting and the harm it causes to the computer software industry, and particularly to Open Source. Universities and Software Patents, the Bayh-Dole Act.
Public Policy Area: Supporting Democracy: Supporting democracy, especially concerning the electronic communication of political discourse.

Resources

Resources related to Bruce Perens, including contact information, his public schedule, and how to invite him to speak at your conference.

Contact Information: Contact information for Bruce Perens, including his personal email address and his direct phone number!
Inviting Bruce Perens To Speak At Your Conference: How to invite Bruce Perens to speak at your conference. What sort of conference he's interested in.
Public Schedule: Public schedule of Bruce Perens including upcoming speaking appearances. There are additional items on his private schedule, of course, that you can't see here.

The Works of Bruce Perens

Works of Bruce Perens, including software he's created, articles he's written, and recorded speeches.

Articles by Bruce Perens

Articles and scientific papers by Bruce Perens.

State of Open Source Message: A New Decade For Open Source: It's the 10-year anniversary of Open Source. Co-founder Bruce Perens delivers a State of Open Source message.
The Confusion of Tongues: EIF 2.0, Standards, and Interoperability: Perens' comment on the Gartner final report to IDABC, in which Gartner attempts to de-emphasize Open Standards and a choice of standards at all for the second generation of European Interoperability Framework. Obviously Perens objects.

Books Edited or Written by Bruce Perens

Bruce was series editor for a 24-book series with Prentice Hall PTR, and other books he's contributed to.

Bruce Perens' Speeches

Recordings of speeches by Bruce Perens

Bruce's Hobbies

Information about various of Bruce's hobby projects.

Amateur Radio

Bruce's Ham Radio, and projects related to it

Amateur Radio and the Toyota Prius

Installing and operating ham radio systems in the Toyota Prius.

A Bolt-on Hitch for the Prius, and Mounting Big Screwdriver Antennas: A bolt-on hitch is available for the Prius, and you can mount a really large screwdriver antenna to it
A Video Input for your Prius: You can connect an external video to the Prius' console video monitor.
AVC-LAN: Information on the audio-visual bus in 2006 and later Prius models.
Mounting Amateur Radio Equipment in the Prius: The Prius, although it's a small car, offers many spaces where Amateur equipment can be mounted.
The Prius and Radio Frequency Interference: The Prius, with its high-power electronics and motors, generates RFI which must be suppressed if you are to be able to operate mobile successfully. The Prius also susceptible to interference. It is and much of its operation is carried out by microprocessors communicating over a CAN bus. Interference with the Prius' electronics may cause malfunctions or even damage.
The Prius has a built-in outlet for the heat generated by your equipment: Remote-mounting radio equipment near the Prius' cabin air outlet.
Touchscreen: Getting data from the Prius touchscreen.

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