Everything about Harald Welte totally explained
Harald Welte (born 1979) is a
programmer resident in
Berlin, Germany. Within the
free software community, Welte is well known as a
hacker of the
Linux kernel and for his activities in enforcing the
GNU General Public License (GPL), the license that governs the use of much of
free software.
Welte is also involved in a number of
free software projects, such as
OpenMoko, (a
Linux version for completely open, low-cost, high-volume phones) and the
netfilter/iptables project (the core firewall mechanism in Linux-based firewall computers and routing devices). He is an active member of the
Chaos Computer Club.
Linux kernel development
Until 2007, Welte was the chairman of the core team responsible for the
netfilter/iptables project. He is also credited with writing the
UUCP over SSL how-to, and contributions to
User-mode Linux and international encryption kernel projects, among others.
GPL enforcement
In recent times, Welte has become prominent for his work with
gpl-violations.org - an organisation he set up to track down and prosecute violators of the GPL, which had been untested in court until then.
Openmoko
Welte was Lead System Architect for
OpenMoko, a project to create a
smartphone platform using free software. It uses the
Linux kernel, together with a graphical user environment built using
X.Org Server,
Matchbox window manager and the
Novell Evolution email client. The
OpenEmbedded build framework and
ipkg package management system are used to create and maintain software packages.
However in 2007, Welte announced his withdrawal from Openmoko, citing internal friction and demotivation. He continues to contribute as a volunteer to the project.
FSF Award
On March 19th, 2008, the
FSF announced that it had awarded the
Award for the Advancement of Free Software for 2007 to Welte, stating that
"The awards committee honored both Welte's technical contributions to projects like the Linux kernel and the OpenMoko mobile platform project, and his community leadership in safeguarding the freedom of free software users by successfully enforcing the GNU General Public License in over one hundred cases since the gpl-violations.org project began in 2004."Further Information
Get more info on 'Harald Welte'.
|
External Link Exchanges
Do you know how hard it is to get a link from a large encyclopaedia? Well we're different and will prove it. To get a link from us just add the following HTML to your site on a relevant page:
<a href="http://harald_welte.totallyexplained.com">Harald Welte Totally Explained</a>
Then simply click through this link from your web page. Our crawlers will verify your link, extract the title of your web page and instantly add a link back to it. If you like you can remove the words Totally Explained and embed the link in article text.
As long as your link remains in place, we'll keep our link to you right here. Please play fair - our crawlers are watching. Your site must be closely related to this one's topic. Any kind of spamming, dubious practises or removing the link will result in your link from us being dropped and, potentially, your whole site being banned. |
