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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Alexandre_OlivaAlexandre Oliva - Wikipedia

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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).

2. www.fsfla.org › ~lxolivaAlexandre Oliva's Home Page - Free Software Foundation Latin ...

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   I've been a GNU Toolchain Engineer at AdaCore since June, 2018. I was also a GNU Toolchain Engineer at Red Hat from February, 2000 to June, 2019.

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4. nixsanctuary.com › an-interview-with-alexandreAn interview with Alexandre Oliva, lead developer of Linux ...

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   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?

5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Linux-libreLinux-libre - Wikipedia

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   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.

6. www.linux-magazine.com › Online › FeaturesThe Linux-libre Project » Linux Magazine

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   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 ...

7. www.fsf.org › news › securedrop-and-alexandre-olivaSecureDrop and Alexandre Oliva are 2016 Free Software Awards ...

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   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.

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   Who is Oliva and what does he do?

   • Oliva has been an active member of The GNU Project since 1991, starting as a bug-reporter and, after a couple of years, maintaining Autotools and the GNU Compiler Collection. After this work landed him a job with Red Hat in 2000, he also became involved with binutils, glibc, and the GNU Project Debugger.

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   What is gNewSense & Oliva Libre?

   • Soon after, gNewSense, another free distribution, released its first version that included tools to help locate blobs in source code, and Oliva began Linux-libre. So why has this basic problem not been addressed?

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   Does Oliva have a point?

   • Oliva has a point, but at least with the inroads that Linux-libre has made in the few years of its existence, there is a possibility that users – or at least the makers of distributions – can educate themselves about the issues and make informed choices.

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9. www.wikiwand.com › en › Alexandre_OlivaAlexandre Oliva - Wikiwand

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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).