LinuxWorld: Meet the Perens

“If you’ve kept one eye open watching industry news the past
week or two, you’ve seen the stories about Bruce Perens and his
open-source licensed book series with Prentice Hall. I’ll get in a
few words on that book series later in the column, but first I’ll
try to put things in context.

“Bruce Perens is a fascinating individual, and he probably knows
his way around the suit side of the house better than any other
leading figure in the free/open-source software movements. I had
the chance to visit with Perens for nearly an hour last week. I
couldn’t help but get off-topic. In addition to the books, I was
supposed to be talking to him about his consulting work, grants and
donations–you know, the things he has been doing to try to keep
food on the table since his departure from HP.

“However, as I mentioned, Perens is very interesting. The more I
asked him, the more I wanted to hear his thoughts on other things.
If he hadn’t had to keep an appointment with the New York Times a
half-hour after our interview was supposed to end, I might still be
asking him questions…”

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