Upstream University was created in June 2012 by FSF France,
with support from Richard Stallman, Karen Sandler, Bradley Kuhn and others,
with the express purpose of helping developers become better free software
contributors.
Free software is about cooperation: a world where the user contributes
to the software he is using. Most developers learn about programming
languages, databases: technical skills. But contributing "upstream" is
about convincing the author of Libre Office or the Linux kernel to accept
your work, a process that is mostly about diplomacy, patience,
persistance and kindness, skills we encourage the developer to
exercise.
About
Executive Director
Adolfo Brandes
Free software enthusiast (turned activist), GNU/Linux geek and master of
agile methods, Adolfo got fed up with his cubicle and started hacking
from the beach for Farsides, a Free
Software game studio. A tan and many salty lines of code later, helping
other hackers escape their offices and contribute to Free Software
projects became his mission.
Board of Directors
Loïc Dachary
Loïc Dachary is a Free Software developer and activist. He is president of
the Free Software Foundation in France.
Richard Stallman
Richard Stallman is the founder of the free software movement, and lead
developer of the GNU operating system.
Dave Neary
Dave Neary is Community gardener at Red Hat, board member of the Yorba Foundation and COSM, former board member of the GNOME Foundation.
Frederic Couchet
Frederic Couchet is a Free Software activist, founder and executive director of April,
an association which promotes and defends Free Software in France and Europe.
Rodolphe Quiédeville
Rodolphe Quiédeville is a Free Software specialist, Lolix founder, and contributor to OpenStreetmap.
Alexis Monville
Xavier Antoviaque
Xavier Antoviaque is a Free Software developer,
founder and CEO of Farsides,
a Free Software game studio.
Olivier Lejade
A wild game designer at heart, Olivier is the founder of indie game studio
Mekensleep and a Free Software enthusiast.
Nicolas Barcet
Nicolas (Nick) Barcet is the Ubuntu Cloud Product Manager at Canonical
and a Free Software enthusiast.
Advisors
Karen Sandler
Karen Sandler is the Executive Director of the Gnome Foundation,
officer of the Software Freedom Conservancy,
pro bono general counsel of QCO,
pro bono counsel to SFLC,
and an advisor of the Ada Initiative.
Bradley Kuhn
Bradley Kuhn is a Free software activist, Executive Director of the
Software Freedom Conservancy,
and Board Member of the Free Software Foundation.
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