Jeff Waugh
Encyclopedia
Jeff Waugh is an Australian free software
and open source
software developer. He is a consultant for Waugh Partners and is known for his past prominence in the GNOME
and Ubuntu
projects and communities.
as an early employee of Canonical Ltd.
and member of the Ubuntu project
, where he worked in business development
. At OSCON
in 2005, Waugh won "Best Evangelist" in the Google-O'Reilly Open Source Awards for his evangelism of Ubuntu and GNOME. He announced his resignation from Canonical in July 2006 in order to focus more fully on his work in the GNOME project.
From 2007 Waugh and then-wife Pia Waugh
were co-directors of Waugh Partners, an Australian Open Source consultancy launched in 2006. Waugh Partners won the 2007 NSW State Pearcey Award
for Young Achievers for their work promoting Free Software to the Australian ICT industry. In 2008 Waugh was a partner of the One Laptop Per Child Australia program. Waugh is the sole director of Waugh Partners, since Pia Waugh's move to a new career in 2009.
weblog aggregator Planet
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Free software
Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do...
and open source
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
software developer. He is a consultant for Waugh Partners and is known for his past prominence in the GNOME
GNOME
GNOME is a desktop environment and graphical user interface that runs on top of a computer operating system. It is composed entirely of free and open source software...
and Ubuntu
Ubuntu (operating system)
Ubuntu is a computer operating system based on the Debian Linux distribution and distributed as free and open source software. It is named after the Southern African philosophy of Ubuntu...
projects and communities.
Career
In 2004, Waugh was hired by Mark ShuttleworthMark Shuttleworth
Mark Richard Shuttleworth is a South African entrepreneur who was the second self-funded space tourist. Shuttleworth founded Canonical Ltd. and as of 2010, provides leadership for the Ubuntu operating system...
as an early employee of Canonical Ltd.
Canonical Ltd.
Canonical Ltd. is a private company founded by South African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth to market commercial support and related services for Ubuntu Linux and related projects. Canonical is registered in London and employs staff around the world...
and member of the Ubuntu project
Ubuntu (operating system)
Ubuntu is a computer operating system based on the Debian Linux distribution and distributed as free and open source software. It is named after the Southern African philosophy of Ubuntu...
, where he worked in business development
Business development
A subset of the field of commerce, business development comprises a number of techniques and responsibilities which aim at:1. Researching new types of business/products/services with an emphasis on identifying gaps in the mitigation of needs of potential clients .2. Attracting new customers3...
. At OSCON
OSCON
OSCON may refer to:*OS-CON, a type of electronic capacitor.*O'Reilly Open Source Convention*Oscon, Open Source CONtract, the most used open-contract in Italy....
in 2005, Waugh won "Best Evangelist" in the Google-O'Reilly Open Source Awards for his evangelism of Ubuntu and GNOME. He announced his resignation from Canonical in July 2006 in order to focus more fully on his work in the GNOME project.
From 2007 Waugh and then-wife Pia Waugh
Pia Waugh
Pia Waugh is a policy adviser working for Australian Senator Kate Lundy. Waugh is known for her former work as an Australian free software advocate...
were co-directors of Waugh Partners, an Australian Open Source consultancy launched in 2006. Waugh Partners won the 2007 NSW State Pearcey Award
Pearcey Award
The Pearcey Awards are a set of prizes presented annually since 1998 by the Pearcey Foundation for achievement in the Australian ICT industry.-Pearcey Award Categories:Each year, the Pearcey Foundation presents 3 categories of award:...
for Young Achievers for their work promoting Free Software to the Australian ICT industry. In 2008 Waugh was a partner of the One Laptop Per Child Australia program. Waugh is the sole director of Waugh Partners, since Pia Waugh's move to a new career in 2009.
Positions
Waugh has served in a number of formal and semi-formal positions in Free Software development and community projects:- Director, Open Source Industry AustraliaOpen Source Industry AustraliaOpen Source Industry Australia is an Australian body created to "further the cause of both Free and Open Source Software ". Founded in 2004 by Arjen Lentz, Con Zymaris and Brendan Scott, OSIA was formed after discussions between prominent members of the open source business community at...
, 2008 - Director, the GNOME FoundationGNOME FoundationThe GNOME Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, coordinating the efforts in the GNOME project.-Purpose:...
board, 2003–2004 and 2006–2008 - Member of the linux.conf.auLinux.conf.aulinux.conf.au is Australasia's regional Linux and Open Source conference. It is a roaming conference, held in a different city every year, coordinated by Linux Australia and organised by local volunteers....
2007 organising team - Chairman of the AnnodexAnnodexAnnodex is a digital media format developed by CSIRO to provide annotation and indexing of continuous media, such as audio and video.It is based on the Ogg container format, with an XML language called CMML providing additional metadata...
Foundation 2005–2006 - GNOME release manager 2001–2005
- President of the Sydney Linux Users Group, 2002–2003
- Member of the committee of the Sydney Linux Users Group, 2000–2002.
- Member of the linux.conf.au 2001 organising team
Other Free Software involvement
Waugh is an author of the PythonPython (programming language)
Python is a general-purpose, high-level programming language whose design philosophy emphasizes code readability. Python claims to "[combine] remarkable power with very clear syntax", and its standard library is large and comprehensive...
weblog aggregator Planet
Planet aggregator
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