Russ Nelson

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Russ Nelson
Russ Nelson in 2005
Board of Directors, Open Source Initiative
In office
February 1998[1] – April 6, 2011[2]
Succeeded byJim Jagielski[2]
President, Open Source Initiative
In office
February 1, 2005[3] – February 23, 2005[4][5]
Preceded byEric S. Raymond[6]
Succeeded byMichael Tiemann[4]
Personal details
Born (1958-03-21) March 21, 1958 (age 66)[7]
Political partyLibertarian Party[8]
OccupationSoftware developer
Known forBoard member and former president of Open Source Initiative[9]
Websitehttp://russnelson.com/

Russell Nelson (born March 21, 1958) is an American computer programmer. He was a founding board member of the Open Source Initiative and briefly served as its president in 2005.[10]

  1. ^ "History of the OSI". 19 September 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-09-12. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  2. ^ a b "OSI Board Meeting Minutes, Wednesday, April 6, 2011". 10 June 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-12-12. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  3. ^ Corbet, Jon. "Interview: OSI's new president". Archived from the original on 2008-09-08. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference racism was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Vaughan-Nichols, Stephen (4 March 2005). "New OSI President Steps Down". Retrieved 2022-04-09. Russ Nelson, the newly elected president of the Open Source Initiative, resigned his office retroactively to Feb. 23
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference lamonica was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Nelson, Russ. "Russ Nelson's Home Page". russnelson.com. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
  8. ^ Chris DiBona; Danese Cooper; Mark Stone, eds. (1 November 2005). "List of Contributors". Open sources 2.0: the continuing evolution. O'Reilly Media, Inc. pp. xix. ISBN 978-0-596-00802-4. Retrieved 1 April 2011. Libertarian.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference osi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ OPEN SOURCE INITIATIVE (OSI) ANNOUNCES EXPANDED PROGRAMS, COUNSEL, AND BOARD