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Harald Welte

German Linux kernel hacker
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20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[9]
Date of birth
February 11, 1979
Place of birth
Germany
Country of citizenship
Germany[5]
Occupation
programmer, computer scientist
Award received
O'Reilly Open Source Award, FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software[7][8]
Notable work
gpl-violations.org[6]
Official website
laforge.gnumonks.org[13]
Website
laforge.gnumonks.org
Birth date
1979-02-11
Citizenship
Germany
Languages spoken, written or signed
German, English[14][15]
Birth place
Germany
Family name
Welte[11]
Github username
laf0rge
Given name
Harald[12]
Residence
Berlin[10]
Social media followers
3.0k (3.0k–5.9k, n=4)
Twitter
laf0rge
🏷️ Also known as
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Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Harald Welte 27C3.jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/08kmtm
GitHub account
laf0rge
Mastodon address
LaF0rge@chaos.social (2018–present)
Official blog URL
laforge.gnumonks.org
Topic's main category
Category:Harald Welte
X (Twitter) username
laf0rge (2010–present)

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Occupation 3
programmer, computer scientist, software engineer
Award received 2
FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software, O'Reilly Open Source Award
Languages spoken, written or signed 2
English, German
← Copyright holder 2
libnetfilter-conntrack, Ulogd
Country of citizenship 1
Germany
Given name 1
Harald
Instance of 1
human
Notable work 1
gpl-violations.org
Place of birth 1
Germany
Residence 1
Berlin
Sex or gender 1
male
Works by author 1
gpl-violations.org
← Creator 1
Ulogd
← Maintained by 1
Ulogd
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Summary

Harald Welte was born in Germany[1]. He was born on February 11, 1979[2]. He worked as a programmer[3] and computer scientist[4].

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Recognition

Awards received include O'Reilly Open Source Award[7], an award[16], founded in 2005[17] and FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software[8], an award[18], founded in 1998[19].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to him include gpl-violations.org[20], a website[21], founded in 2004[22], written by him[23].

FAQs

Where was Harald Welte born?

Harald Welte was born in Germany[1].

What did Harald Welte do for work?

Harald Welte worked as programmer[3] and computer scientist[4].

What awards did Harald Welte receive?

Honors received include O'Reilly Open Source Award[7] and FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software[8].

Related Entities

computer scientist Germany libnetfilter-conntrack programmer software engineer Ulogd

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