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Alan Cox — open-source pioneer

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Why this person matters

Alan Cox is known for نگه‌داری نسخه‌های مهم Linux kernel و کار گسترده روی subsystemها و networking. کمک به رشد Linux از پروژه‌ای جوان به kernel قابل استفاده روی طیف وسیعی از سخت‌افزار

Engineering lesson

نگه‌داری پایدار و review بلندمدت می‌تواند به‌اندازهٔ feature تازه در موفقیت سیستم اثر داشته باشد

Open-source context

Long-lived open-source projects depend on code, review, release engineering, governance, documentation, security response and community trust. This profile focuses on transferable engineering lessons rather than celebrity.

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Sources & further reading

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Official/project sourcehttps://www.kernel.org/
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Portrait: TariqueSani — CC BY-SA 2.5https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alan_Cox_at_FOSS_2007.jpg
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Portrait license: CC BY-SA 2.5https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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