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From: Bradley M. Kuhn
Bradley M. Kuhn is the President and -Distinguished Technologist at Software -Freedom Conservancy and on the Board of Directors of the Free Software Foundation (FSF). Kuhn began his -work in the software freedom movement as a volunteer in 1992, when he became -an early adopter of the GNU/Linux operating system, and began contributing to -various FLOSS projects. He worked during the 1990s as a system administrator +Distinguished Technologist at Software Freedom Conservancy, +on the Board of Directors of the Free Software +Foundation (FSF), and editor-in-chief +of copyleft.org. Kuhn began his work in +the software freedom movement as a volunteer in 1992, when he became an early +adopter of the GNU/Linux operating system, and began contributing to various +Free Software projects. He worked during the 1990s as a system administrator and software developer for various companies, and taught AP Computer Science at Walnut Hills High School in Cincinnati. Kuhn's non-profit career began in 2000, when he was hired by the FSF. As FSF's Executive Director from -2001–2005, Kuhn led FSF's GPL enforcement, launched its Associate -Member program, and invented the Affero GPL. From -2005-2010, Kuhn worked as the Policy Analyst and Technology Director of the -Software Freedom Law Center. Kuhn was the primary volunteer for Conservancy -from 2006–2010, and has been a full-time staffer since early 2011. -Kuhn holds a summa cum laude B.S. in Computer Science from Loyola University in -Maryland, and an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Cincinnati. Kuhn's Master's thesis -discussed methods for dynamic interoperability of FLOSS programming -languages. Kuhn received the O'Reilly +2001–2005, Kuhn led FSF's GPL +enforcement, launched its +Associate Member program, and invented +the Affero GPL. Kuhn +was appointed President of Software Freedom Conservancy in April 2006, was +Conservancy's primary volunteer from 2006–2010, and has been a +full-time staffer since early 2011. Kuhn holds a summa cum laude B.S. in +Computer Science +from Loyola +University in Maryland, and an M.S. in Computer Science from +the University of +Cincinnati. Kuhn's +Master's thesis discussed methods for dynamic interoperability of Free +Software programming languages. Kuhn received +the O'Reilly Open Source Award in 2012, in recognition for his lifelong policy work on -copyleft licensing.
+copyleft licensing. Kuhn blogs at +Conservancy and co-hosts the +audcast, Free as in Freedom, with +Conservancy's Executive Director, Karen +Sandler. +