Robert "Bob" Chassell was one of the founding directors of the Free Software Foundation (FSF).
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| Born | 22 August 1946 Bennington, Vermont, U.S. |
| Died | 30 June 2017 (aged 70)[1] |
Life
editChassell was born on 22 August 1946, in Bennington, VT. He read economics at Peterhouse, Cambridge University.[2]
In 1985, he became one of the founding directors of the FSF. While on the Board of Directors, he was also the treasurer for the FSF.[3] At this time, he started the Texinfo documentation system for GNU together with Richard Stallman.
He left the FSF to become a full-time speaker on free software topics. He was diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) in 2010, and died as a result on 30 June 2017.
Chassell has authored several books including:
- Chassell, Robert J. (2003). Software Freedom: An Introduction. Boston: GNUpress. ISBN 1-882114-95-7.
- Chassell, Robert J. (2004). An introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp. Boston: GNUpress. ISBN 1-882114-56-6.
References
edit- ^ "Goodbye to Bob Chassell". Free Software Foundation. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- ^ Obituary
- ^ "GNU's Bulletin". Free Software Foundation. 1986. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
External links
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- A 30 minute audio interview with Robert
- An online copy of "Software Freedom: An Introduction"
- An online copy of "An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp"
- Tribute to Robert J. Chassell on Bradley M. Kuhn's Personal Blog
- Tribute to Robert J. Chassell on the Software Freedom Conservancy Website
- Robert J. Chassell's writings are at Richard M. Stallman's personal website
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