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which ones do you think I missed? (discuss.tchncs.de)
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big collage of people captioned, "the only people I wouldn't have minded being billionaires"
names(and a bit of info, which is not included in the collage) of people in collage(from top left, row-wise):

  • Alexandra Elbakyan, creator of Sci-Hub. perhaps the single-most important person in the scientific community regarding access to research papers.
  • Linus Torvalds, creator of linux kernel and git, courtesy of which we have GNU/Linux.
  • David Revoy, french artist famous for his pepper&carrot, a libre webcomic. inspiration for artists who are into free software movement
  • Richard Stallman, arch-hacker who started it all. founded the GNU project, free software movement, Emacs, GCC, GPL, concept of copyleft, among many other things. champions for free software to this day(is undergoing treatment for cancer at the moment).
  • Jean-Baptiste Kempf, president of VLC media player for 2 decades now
  • Ian Murdock, founder of Debian GNU/Linux and Debian manifesto. died too soon.
  • Alexis Kauffmann, creator of framasoft, a French nonprofit organisation that champions free software. known for providing alternatives to centralised services, notable one being framapad and peertube.
  • Aaron Swartz, a brilliant programmer who created RSS, markdown, creative commons, and is known for his involvement in creation of reddit. he also died too soon.
  • Bram Moolenaar, creator of vim, a charityware.

on the bottom right is the text reading, "plus the thousands of free software enthusiasts working tirelessly."

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[-] trash@lemmy.today 3 points 1 year ago

John Gruber created Markdown but Aaron helped and tested it.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago

I think you need to make money to be a billionaire.

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

I would be OK if the guy that made Stardew Valley became a billionaire.

[-] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

if Arnold Swartz was a billionaire lemmy wouldn't exist and most likely kbin also

[-] DavidGarcia@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago

Terry A. Davis

[-] Gentoo1337@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Rest in peace Bram Moolenaar

[-] puppy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I think they aren't billionaires precisely because they worked for the good of the internet/knowledge.

If they indeed became billionaires that would imply that how they conduct themselves had completely been altered along with their core beliefs.

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[-] whostosay@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Is it pronounced git or jit?

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[-] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

First recognized Linus and was like where’s Aaron. [Probably saw him subconsciously but] Was super satisfied he’s there. Rest in peace, hero.

[-] qjkxbmwvz@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

Patrick Volkerding could use a shout-out

founder, maintainer, and benevolent dictator-for-life of Slackware.

[-] semnosao@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 1 year ago

it's precisely that they don't build themselves up by exploring the less privileged and really create value to society that we view them as good people. No billionaire is self-made, no billionaire is good. Eat the rich, help your communities, be kind.

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