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Encyclopedia > Brian Fox

Brian Fox is a free software programmer. Free software, as defined by the Free Software Foundation, can be used, copied, studied, modified and redistributed. ...


Fox was the original author, in 1987, of the GNU Bourne Again Shell (Bash), an open-source Unix command line interface distributed by the Free Software Foundation. The current developer and maintainer is Chet Ramey of Case Western Reserve University. The GNU logo, drawn by Etienne Suvasa GNU is a recursive acronym for GNUs Not Unix. The GNU project was announced in 1983 by Richard Stallman with the goal of creating a complete UNIX-compatible operating system -- called the GNU system or simply GNU -- that is free software, meaning... Screenshot of a sample Bash session, taken on Linux. ... Unix or UNIX is a computer operating system originally developed in the 1960s and 1970s by a group of AT&T Bell Labs employees including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, and Douglas McIlroy. ... The GNU logo, drawn by Etienne Suvasa Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a non-profit organization founded in 1985 by Richard Stallman to support the free software movement (free as in freedom), and in particular the GNU project, through the use of GNU Licenses (see below). ... Chet Ramey is the current maintainer of the GNU Bourne Again Shell Chets home page FSF home page for Bash Categories: Computer stubs ...


Fox is the author of GNU components makeinfo, info, finger, and readline. He is also one of the authors (with Mel Beckman and Denison Bollay) of the BuddyCast peer-to-peer streaming media protocol. GNU readline is a software library created and maintained by the GNU project. ... In 1980,Denison Bollay created Computer Camp, an outdoor camping experience for kids. ... BuddyCast is an open peer-to-peer protocol for distributing streaming content to an unlimited number of users by turning broadcast receivers into stream relays, or “buddies. ...


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