Education
Active in both the free software and free culture communities, Sullivan has a Bachelor in philosophy from Michigan State University and an Master of Fine Arts in Writing and Poetics.
Active in both the free software and free culture communities, Sullivan has a Bachelor in philosophy from Michigan State University and an Master of Fine Arts in Writing and Poetics.
John is currently executive director of the Free Software Foundation, where he has worked since early 2003. He is also a speaker and webmaster for the GNU Project. He also maintains the Plannermode and delicious-el packages for the GNU Emacs text editors
In college, Sullivan was a successful policy debater, reaching finals of CEDA Nationals and the semifinals of the National Debate Tournament.
Until 2007, John was the main contact behind the Defective by Design, BadVista and Play Ogg campaigns. He also served as the chief-webmaster for the GNU Project, until July 2006.
Since 2011 he serves as Executive Director of the Free Software Foundation. John currently delivers speeches on the following topics, in English:
Digital Restrictions Management issues and the FSF"s Defective by Design campaign
Media format patents, proprietary licensing, and the FSF"s PlayOgg.org campaign
Choosing free software over Microsoft Windows
How you can help: Strategies for communicating and organizing around free software ideals
Why software should be free
Introduction to the GPLv3 and free software licensing
FSF/GNU high-priority free software projects.