Bruce Perens

Bruce Perens

computer scientist
programmer
🇺🇸United States

Bruce Perens 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.

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1950 – Present
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  • 1950

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