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| '''Russ Nelson''' (born ]) is an American computer programmer, who is a founding board member of the ]. | '''Russ Nelson''' (born ]) is an American computer programmer, who is a founding board member of the ]. | ||
| Nelson is best known for his packet driver collection, begun while at ] in ]. He started ] to support his open source software ] (currently used by ]), ] (a ] clone), and went full-time with the packet driver collection in ].<ref></ref> He has been making a living from ] support ever since then. His politics are both left and right of centre, as he is a pacifist ]<ref></ref> and a member of the ] of the United States. In ], he briefly became the president of the Open Source Initiative.<ref></ref> He resigned on ] ] following widely reported<ref></ref> anonymous criticism<ref></ref> of a blog article he wrote entitled "Blacks Are Lazy". The article<ref></ref> has been renamed to "Blacks Are Lazy?" and revised<ref></ref> to attempt to make a similar point without causing offense. | Nelson is best known for his packet driver collection, begun while at ] in ]. He started ] to support his open source software ] (currently used by ]), ] (a ] clone), and went full-time with the packet driver collection in ].<ref></ref> He has been making a living from ] support ever since then. His politics are both left and right of centre, as he is a pacifist ]<ref></ref> and a member of the ] of the United States. In ], he briefly became the president of the Open Source Initiative.<ref></ref> He resigned on ] ] following widely reported<ref></ref> anonymous criticism<ref></ref> of a blog article he wrote entitled "Blacks Are Lazy". The article<ref></ref> has been renamed to "Blacks Are Lazy?" and revised<ref></ref> to attempt to make a similar point without causing offense. | ||
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For other people named Russell Nelson, see Russell Nelson (disambiguation).Russ Nelson (born 1958) is an American computer programmer, who is a founding board member of the Open Source Initiative.
Nelson is best known for his packet driver collection, begun while at Clarkson University in 1988. He started Crynwr Software to support his open source software Freemacs (currently used by FreeDOS), Painter's Apprentice (a MacPaint clone), and went full-time with the packet driver collection in 1991. He has been making a living from Open Source support ever since then. His politics are both left and right of centre, as he is a pacifist Quaker and a member of the Libertarian Party of the United States. In February 2005, he briefly became the president of the Open Source Initiative. He resigned on 23 February 2005 following widely reported anonymous criticism of a blog article he wrote entitled "Blacks Are Lazy". The article has been renamed to "Blacks Are Lazy?" and revised to attempt to make a similar point without causing offense.
References
- How Crynwr Software Came to Be
- Quakers from A to Z (but not X)
- Open Source Initiative (OSI) Announces Expanded Programs, Counsel, and Board
- Racism Row Forces Open Source Head Out
- Concerns about Russ Nelson (Resolved)
- "Blacks are lazy" blog posting
- "Blacks are lazy?" blog posting