Jeremy Allison

Jeremy Allison

Jeremy Allison is a computer programmer famous for his contributions to the free software community, notably to Samba, a re-implementation of SMB/CIFS networking protocol, released under the GNU General Public License.

Other contributions include the early versions of the pwdump password cracking utility. [ [http://www.openwall.com/passwords/microsoft-windows-nt-2000-xp-2003 Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista password crackers - recovery, auditing, and PWDUMP tools] ]

Free Software Evangelism

During his career, Jeremy Allison has consistently defended the free software approach:
* He pitched making Vantive code free software to its founder.
* He persuaded Michael Tiemann to use the GNU General Public License for Cygwin.Fact|date=September 2007
* He similarly convinced Tim Wilkinson to put the Kaffe virtual machine for Java under the GPL.
* He was involved in Silicon Graphic's decision to put XFS for Linux under the GPL.This commitment to free software culminated with his decision to leave Novell in protest of a patent deal that was considered by many as a FUD attack on Linux and other free software, and by Allison as breaking section 7 of the GNU General Public License. [cite web|url=http://news.samba.org/announcements/team_to_novell|title=Samba Team Asks Novell to Reconsider]

References

External links

* [http://www.samba.org/~jra/ Jeremy Allison's web page]
* [http://www.samba.org/samba/news/articles/low_point The Low Point, a View from the Valley] , Allison's monthly column in [http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/ Linux User and Developer]
* [http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/020707-jeremy-allison.html Why a secret patent deal won't help Linux/Windows Interoperability] , detailed interview with Allison about the Novell/Microsoft patent pact and his decision to leave Novell


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