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Rishab Aiyer Ghosh
Dutch journalist and computer scientist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rishab Aiyer Ghosh is a Dutch journalist, computer scientist, open-source software advocate and software entrepreneur. He was a founder of Topsy, a social search and analytics company that was acquired by Apple Inc in December 2013.[1][2]
A former Open Source Initiative board member, he is Founding International and Managing Editor of peer-reviewed journal First Monday, and Programme Leader of Free/Libre and Open Source Software at UNU-MERIT.[3] Ghosh has undertaken several studies on free software,[4] which he terms "FLOSS" - an alternative term for free software which he is credited with coining[citation needed]. FLOSS emphasizes the essential value of the term "libre" (meaning with few or no restrictions).[5] Ghosh's work represents an effort to reshape the global understanding of FLOSS, including the governmental and academic spheres.
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