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Venerdì, 16 Febbraio 2007
Hello, my name is Tobias Rapp and I'm fellow #951.
I live in a small village near Stuttgart, Germany together with my wife Tabea. We both are active members of our local church and it's youth group "
Jugendkreis Oppelsbohm". We like to watch movies, read books and to invite people to our house.
I started to use "Linux" when buying my first computer in 1997 mostly because it was so cheap and I didn't have the money for a commercial OS. It didn't take long to find out the freedom philosophy behind the software and that there is a "GNU" in front of the word "Linux". I learned programming by adapting some small programs to my needs (e.g. I'm a fan of the LIRC project) and finally started to study "technical software engineering" (thus I can read C code
and the color code on resistors). Currently I'm working for NOA Audio Solutions which provides software and hardware for professional audio archiving.
Finally I became a member of FSF Europe these weeks. I did this for several reasons:
- to get a nice OpenPGP card to protect my privacy
- to have a voice that speaks against software patents in the EU (I know Georg Greve is quite busy around that), something that threatens my personal job
- to support free software in general which is part of my christian responsibility for people that do not have the money to buy proprietary software
I see free software as something that frees people from restrictive software licenses and instead treats each person as someone who is able to participate.
