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Alexandre "Alex" Oliva, is a Brazilian free software activist, developer, former vice president of the board of directors of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and founding member of Free Software Foundation Latin America (FSFLA).
Welcome to my home page! As of June, 2005, I've joined the efforts to create FSF Latin America. I'm FSFLA's board member, and I maintain my blog there: Blonging for Freedom. In 2019, I also joined the board of directors of the original FSF, but that did not last long .
Apr 24, 2023 · One such developer is Mr Alexandre Oliva aka 'lxo' from FSFLA. Below are our questions and his answers published verbatim. What is your key role in Linux-libre development at the moment? Would it be wrong to call you Mr Linus of Linux-libre?
The Linux kernel and its penguin mascot are widely viewed as the symbol of free and open source software. The truth, however, is that the Linux kernel is only partly free. That is why Alexandre Oliva started the GNU Linux-libre project, so that free software advocates can become aware of the problem and use a truly free kernel with their ...
Linux-libre was first released by the Free Software Foundation Latin America (FSFLA), then endorsed by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) [12] as a valuable component for the totally free Linux distributions. It became a GNU package in March 2012. [13] Alexandre Oliva is the project maintainer.
Aug 28, 2019 · A longtime free software activist and founder of FSF Latin America, Oliva brings decades of experience in the free software movement to the FSF board.
Mar 25, 2017 · This year, it was presented to Alexandre Oliva. An advocate of free software and the GNU Project, Oliva's impact has been felt far beyond his home in Brazil, from giving talks about free software to his role as maintainer of linux-libre, the fully free version of the kernel Linux.
