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Eric S. Raymond
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American programmer & open source advocate (1957-)
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Eric Steven Raymond is an American programmer, writer, journalist, and anthropologist born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1957. He is a member of the Libertarian Party and resides in Pennsylvania. Raymond was educated at the University of Pennsylvania and speaks English as his native language. He has cerebral palsy.
His professional focus includes software development and the open-source movement. Notable works attributed to him include *The Cathedral and the Bazaar*, *Fetchmail*, *Cyber lexis*, *The New Hacker's Dictionary*, *This is jargon file*, and *Libres enfants du savoir numérique*. He has authored thirteen works.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1957
- Works
- 13
Top works
- Cyber lexis
- The New Hacker's Dictionary
- The Cathedral and the Bazaar
- This is jargon file
- Libres enfants du savoir numérique
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Film & TV
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Eric S. Raymond, often referred to as ESR, is an American software developer, author, and advocate for open-source software. He is best known for his influential essay and book "The Cathedral and the Bazaar," which discusses open-source development practices.
Known for
- The Code — Himself2001
- Revolution OS — Himself - Author2001
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1957-12-04 ) December 4, 1957 (age 68) , Boston , Massachusetts , US
- Alma mater
- University of Pennsylvania
- Occupations
- Software developer , author
- Website
- www .catb .org /esr / esr .ibiblio .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Steven
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Boston
- Occupation
- anthropologist
- Educated at
- University of Pennsylvania
- Political party
- Libertarian Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Notable work
- Fetchmail
- Field of work
- open-source software development
- Movement
- open source movement
- Official website
- www.catb.org/~esr
- Image
- Eric Raymond 2019.jpg
- Residence
- Pennsylvania
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- Commons category
- Eric S. Raymond
- date of birth
- 1957-12-04
- Commons gallery
- Eric S. Raymond
- official blog URL
- esr.ibiblio.org
- medical condition
- cerebral palsy
- social media followers
- 4037
- name in native language
- Eric Steven Raymond
- curriculum vitae URL
- www.catb.org/esr/resume.html
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
Sources (6)
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Encyclopedic overview
Eric Steven Raymond (born December 4, 1957), often referred to as ESR, is an American software developer, open-source software advocate, and author of the 1997 essay and 1999 book The Cathedral and the Bazaar. He wrote a guidebook for the Roguelike game NetHack. In the 1990s, he edited and updated the Jargon File, published as The New Hacker's Dictionary.
Early life
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