Armijn Hemel
Armijn Hemel is a technology consultant and noted watchman of free software.[1] He is part of the gpl-violations.org core team,[2] who have won several court cases against different companies, including D-Link and Skype, for violating the terms of the GNU General Public License.[3]
Biography
Hemel was born in the late 1970s and grew up in the town of Tiel, Netherlands.[1]
gollark: or use the unrestricted free sandbox mode (note: has no IO).
gollark: Get a lootbox containing either a sense of pride and accomplishment or an EXCLUSIVE KEYWORD AND LIBRARY PACK!
gollark: No, other way round, language features cost money.
gollark: A normal language, except you need to pay (maybe not actually, but whatever) for features.
gollark: ESOLANG IDEA!
References
- "The Defenders of Free Software". New York Times. Sep 25, 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
- "Who's behind gpl-violations.org?". Archived from the original on 5 January 2006. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
- "gpl-violations.org project prevails in court case on GPL violation by D-Link". Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2012. "gpl-violations.org action affirmed in court case on GPL violation by Skype". Retrieved 9 May 2013.
External links
- armijn on Identi.ca microblogging service
- Open Advice Author Armijn Hemel
- Contributor to Hackvalue - Tales from the trenches of specialized web hosting and development, the corporate blog of Loco.
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