Adriaan L. de Groot

Member (2009-present)

groot@fsfeurope.org

About Adriaan de Groot

Adriaan de Groot is a Canadian by birth and a Dutchman by training. He has worked as a researcher in software quality and formal verification, is an experienced C++ programmer and an active member of several large Free Software organizations, including the Free Software Foundation Europe and KDE e.V. His university work culminated in his PhD. thesis on Practical Automaton Proofs in PVS at the University of Nijmegen. In 10 years of programming he has worked on many aspects of the KDE desktop software, focusing on software quality and portability issues so that all Free Software operating systems can use the software. As a member of FSFE, KDE e.V. and the NLUUG, he has experience in organizational and management matters and has spent the last several years cultivating knowledge about legal and licensing matters in Free Software projects.

Adriaan is the coordinator of the Freedom Task Force, the services arm of the Free Software Foundation Europe. The FTF offers educational services, facilitates infrastructure activities and manages FSFE's legal affairs. Its work focuses on the promotion of the proper use of Free Software.

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