Harald Welte
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Harald Welte | |
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Born | 1979 (age 44–45) |
Nationality | German |
Occupation | Programmer |
Website | http://laforge.gnumonks.org/weblog/ |
Harald Welte, also known as LaForge, is a German programmer.
Welte is the founder of the
Biography
Until 2007, Welte was the chairman of the core team responsible for the netfilter/iptables project.
Welte has become prominent for his work with gpl-violations.org, an organisation he set up in 2004[2] to track down and prosecute violators of the GPL, which had been untested in court until then.
Welte was part of Openmoko team, a project to create a smartphone platform using free software.[3] However, in 2007, Welte announced his withdrawal from Openmoko, citing internal friction and demotivation. He continues to contribute as a volunteer to the project.[4]
On 25 July 2008, VIA Technologies appointed Harald Welte as its open source liaison. According to VIA, in his role as open source liaison Welte will be responsible for helping refine VIA's open source strategy and optimise its support for Linux. Welte will also "assist VIA to develop drivers that are in line with the standards and best practices of Linux kernel development, enhance the quality and public availability of VIA documentation, and improve interaction with the open source development community".[5]
Welte is the founder of the Osmocom project.
Awards
On 19 March 2008, the
On 22 July 2008, Welte received the Defender of Rights Open Source Award, presented to him by Chris DiBona, who indicated the award was primarily for Welte's work on gpl-violations.org.[7][8]
References
- ^ "Project history". About the netfilter/iptables project.
- ^ "Software-Harald gegen Goliath". Archived from the original on 2012-09-13.
- ^ "Cheap, hackable Linux smartphone due soon". Archived from the original on 2012-06-29.
- ^ "Leaving Openmoko "Lead System Architect" position". Harald Welte's blog. Archived from the original on 2007-12-12. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
- ^ "VIA hires OSS sharp shooter". Tectonic.
- ^ "Harald Welte and Groklaw announced as winners of the FSF's annual free software awards".
- ^ "Winners of the Google-O'Reilly Open Source Awards Announced". OStatic. 2008-07-23. Retrieved 2013-04-25.
- ^ Kuhn, Bradley (2008-07-22). "Welte Receives Open Source Award for GPL Enforcement". Retrieved 2013-04-25.
Sources
- "GPL gains clout in German legal case". Archived from the original on 2013-01-19.
- "Defender of the Linux faith".
- "GPL upheld against D-Link in German court". Archived from the original on January 28, 2013.
- Kirschner, Matthias; Jaeger, Till; Mehring, Bonnie (2021). Software Freedom Podcast SFP#12 (opus) (webcast). Berlin, Germany: Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE). Retrieved 2021-09-28. Duration 00:40:31. Covers Welte's pioneering work and software license compliance generally.
External links
- Harald Welte's blog
- Interview at the 3rd international GPLv3 conference Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine, June 22, 2006
- Audio and video of a panel discussion including Welte, June 23, 2006
- Interview in LWN.net, June 12, 2006
- Interview at under-linux.org
- Personal interview with Harald Welte about Openmoko (German-speaking)
- Interview with Harald Welte about gpl-violations.org (German), June 22, 2004
- Podcast at CIO.com
- Audio podcast: Harald Welte on gpl-violations.org and GSM security