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'''Alan Cox''' (born 22 July 1968) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[computer programmer]] who maintained the 2.2 branch of the [[Linux kernel]] and continues to be heavily involved in the development of the Linux kernel, an association that dates back to 1991. He lives in [[Swansea]], [[Wales]] with his wife, Telsa Gwynne.

==Involvement in the Linux kernel==
[[File:With-alan-cox.jpg|thumb|right|Alan Cox at the LinuxWorldExpo]]
While employed on the campus of [[Swansea University]], Cox installed a very early version of [[Linux]] on one of the machines belonging to the university computer society. This was one of the first Linux installations on a busy [[computer network|network]] and revealed many bugs in the networking code. Cox fixed many of these bugs and went on to rewrite much of the networking subsystem. He then became one of the main developers and maintainers of the whole kernel.

He maintained the 2.2 branch, and his own versions of the 2.4 branch (signified by an "ac" in the version, for example 2.4.13-ac1). This branch was very stable and contained bugfixes that went directly into the vendor kernels. He was once commonly regarded as being the "second in command" after [[Linus Torvalds]] himself, before reducing his involvement with Linux to study for an [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]].<ref>[http://kerneltrap.org/node/759 Linux: Alan Cox To Take One Year Sabbatical].</ref>

On 28 July 2009, Cox relinquished his role as the [[Tty (Unix)|TTY]] layer maintainer, after receiving criticism from Torvalds.<ref>[https://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/28/373 Linus Torvalds: Re: [PATCH&#93; kdesu broken]. LKML. Retrieved on 2013-09-19.</ref><ref>[http://linux.slashdot.org/story/09/07/29/1925224/Alan-Cox-Quits-As-Linux-TTY-Maintainer-mdash-Ive-Had-Enough Linux: Alan Cox Quits As Linux TTY Maintainer — "I've Had Enough"]</ref>

Alan was employed by the Linux distributor [[Red Hat]] during 1999-2009.<ref>[http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/114064/ Alan Cox: Moving on from Red Hat]</ref> Starting from 2011 he was employed by [[Intel Corporation]], but left both Intel and Linux kernel development in January 2013 for family reasons.<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://plus.google.com/u/0/111104121194250082892/posts/KW3TdRYwjr9
| title = I'm leaving the Linux world and Intel for a bit for family reasons
| first = Alan | last = Cox | accessdate = 2013-01-24
}}</ref>

He has also been involved in the [[GNOME]] and [[X.Org Server|X.Org]] projects, and was the main developer of [[AberMUD]], which he wrote whilst a student at the [[University of Wales, Aberystwyth]].

==Model trains==
Alan Cox runs Etched Pixels, a model train company producing [[N gauge]] kits.<ref name="urlEtched Pixels: N scale etched models and details">{{cite web |url=http://www.etchedpixels.co.uk/ |title=Etched Pixels: N scale etched models and details |work= |accessdate=2009-07-29}}</ref>

==Activism==
Alan Cox is an ardent supporter of programming freedom, and an outspoken opponent of [[software patent]]s, the [[Digital Millennium Copyright Act|DMCA]] and the [[Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act|CBDTPA]]. He resigned from a subgroup of [[Usenix]] in protest, and said he would not visit the [[United States]] for fear of being imprisoned after the arrest of [[Dmitry Sklyarov]] for DMCA violations.

In January 2007, he applied for a series of patents on "RMS", or ''rights management systems''.<ref name="Patents">[http://www.freshpatents.com/Alan-Cox-Swansea-invdirc.php List of Alan Cox patents]</ref> It is said{{according to whom|date=December 2013}} that he has filed a patent for [[digital rights management]]. Red Hat Inc., Cox's former employer, has stated (in a document drafted by [[Mark Webbink]] and Cox himself)<ref>{{cite video
|people=Webbink, Mark (Interviewee)
|date=2007-11-08
|title=Mark Webbink On: The Patent Promise
|url=http://truthhappens.redhatmagazine.com/2007/11/08/mark-webbink-on-the-patent-promise-2/
|format=Ogg Theora
|publisher=Red Hat Magazine
|accessdate=2007-12-23| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20080111155645/http://truthhappens.redhatmagazine.com/2007/11/08/mark-webbink-on-the-patent-promise-2/| archivedate= 11 January 2008 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> that it will not use patents against [[free software]] projects.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.redhat.com/legal/patent_policy.html |publisher=Red Hat |title=Statement of Position and Our Promise on Software Patents |accessdate=2007-08-23| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20070818144523/http://www.redhat.com/legal/patent_policy.html| archivedate= 18 August 2007 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>

Cox is also an adviser to the [[Foundation for Information Policy Research]] and the [[Open Rights Group]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.openrightsgroup.org/about-org/#Advisory |publisher=Open Rights Group |title=Board and Advisory Council |accessdate=2007-08-23}}</ref>

==Awards==
Cox was the recipient of the [[Free Software Foundation]]'s 2003 [[Award for the Advancement of Free Software]] at the [[FOSDEM]] conference in [[Brussels]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gnu.org/award/2003/2003.html |publisher=Free Software Foundation |title=2003 Award For the Advancement of Free Software |accessdate=2007-08-23| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070819232212/http://www.gnu.org/award/2003/2003.html| archivedate= 19 August 2007 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>

On 5 October 2005, Cox received a lifetime achievement award at the [[LinuxWorld Conference and Expo|LinuxWorld]] awards in London.<ref>{{cite news |title=Linux pioneer wins lifetime achievement award |author=Matt Loney |date=6 October 2005 |url=http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39226539,00.htm |publisher=[[ZDNet]] UK}}</ref>

The [[University of Wales, Trinity Saint David]] Awarded Cox an Honorary Fellowship on 18 July 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://plus.google.com/app/basic/stream/z12lcfz5nreoj1me522lwfribv3gxr44204?cbp=18w3cpowcwcbn&sview=27&spath=/app/basic/111104121194250082892/posts&sparm=cbp%3D1ql0ykr43pam7%26sview%3D25|publisher=Google |title=Google Plus post|accessdate=2013-07-18}}</ref>

==References==
{{Portal|Free software}}
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}

==External links==
{{Commons|Alan Cox}}
{{Wikiquote}}
* [http://www.softpanorama.org/People/Cox/index.shtml Alan Cox: The maintainer of production version of the Linux kernel]. Ch. 5 of ebook ''Open Source Pioneers'', includes a lot of difficult to find interviews.
* [http://www.redhat.com/advice/ask_alancox.html Interview on his biography]
* [http://lwn.net/1999/features/ACInterview/ LWN interviews Alan Cox]
* [http://kerneltrap.org/node/9 Interview with Alan Cox - 15 January 2002]
* [http://www.lugradio.org/episodes/24 LugRadio interview]
* [http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=15 Linux Format interview - August 2005]{{dead link|date=April 2014}}
* [http://slashdot.org/features/98/10/13/1423253.shtml Cathedrals, Bazaars and the Town Council - 1998-10-13]
* [http://bigbro.skynet.ie/resources/ogg/AlanCox_UL_20060513.ogg Ogg audio recording of a talk in Limerick, Ireland 2006-05-13], and a [http://fsfe.org/en/fellows/ciaran/weblog/alan_cox_5_minutes_on_gplv3_plus_comments transcript of an excerpt, about GPLv3]{{dead link|date=April 2014}}
* [http://www.linux-magazin.de/news/video_alan_cox_ueber_proprietaere_treiber_tainted_kernel_und_gplv3 Video interview with Alan Cox at Hannover Industry Trade Fair, Germany, May 2008]
* [http://www.viddyou.com/viddstream?videoid=37479 Alan Cox interviewed in Cardiff]{{dead link|date=April 2014}}

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Alan Cox
Alan Cox at FOSS.IN/2005
다른이름ac
출생1968년 7월 22일(1968-07-22)(55세)
Solihull, England
거주지Swansea, Wales
성별남성
국적British
별칭ac
학력Swansea University
직업Programmer
배우자Telsa Gwynne

Alan Cox (born 22 July 1968) is a British computer programmer who maintained the 2.2 branch of the Linux kernel and continues to be heavily involved in the development of the Linux kernel, an association that dates back to 1991. He lives in Swansea, Wales with his wife, Telsa Gwynne.

Involvement in the Linux kernel

Alan Cox at the LinuxWorldExpo

While employed on the campus of Swansea University, Cox installed a very early version of Linux on one of the machines belonging to the university computer society. This was one of the first Linux installations on a busy network and revealed many bugs in the networking code. Cox fixed many of these bugs and went on to rewrite much of the networking subsystem. He then became one of the main developers and maintainers of the whole kernel.

He maintained the 2.2 branch, and his own versions of the 2.4 branch (signified by an "ac" in the version, for example 2.4.13-ac1). This branch was very stable and contained bugfixes that went directly into the vendor kernels. He was once commonly regarded as being the "second in command" after Linus Torvalds himself, before reducing his involvement with Linux to study for an MBA.[1]

On 28 July 2009, Cox relinquished his role as the TTY layer maintainer, after receiving criticism from Torvalds.[2][3]

Alan was employed by the Linux distributor Red Hat during 1999-2009.[4] Starting from 2011 he was employed by Intel Corporation, but left both Intel and Linux kernel development in January 2013 for family reasons.[5]

He has also been involved in the GNOME and X.Org projects, and was the main developer of AberMUD, which he wrote whilst a student at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

Model trains

Alan Cox runs Etched Pixels, a model train company producing N gauge kits.[6]

Activism

Alan Cox is an ardent supporter of programming freedom, and an outspoken opponent of software patents, the DMCA and the CBDTPA. He resigned from a subgroup of Usenix in protest, and said he would not visit the United States for fear of being imprisoned after the arrest of Dmitry Sklyarov for DMCA violations.

In January 2007, he applied for a series of patents on "RMS", or rights management systems.[7] It is said틀:According to whom that he has filed a patent for digital rights management. Red Hat Inc., Cox's former employer, has stated (in a document drafted by Mark Webbink and Cox himself)[8] that it will not use patents against free software projects.[9]

Cox is also an adviser to the Foundation for Information Policy Research and the Open Rights Group.[10]

Awards

Cox was the recipient of the Free Software Foundation's 2003 Award for the Advancement of Free Software at the FOSDEM conference in Brussels.[11]

On 5 October 2005, Cox received a lifetime achievement award at the LinuxWorld awards in London.[12]

The University of Wales, Trinity Saint David Awarded Cox an Honorary Fellowship on 18 July 2013.[13]

References

Portal iconFree software 포털
  1. ↑ Linux: Alan Cox To Take One Year Sabbatical.
  2. ↑ Linus Torvalds: Re: [PATCH] kdesu broken. LKML. Retrieved on 2013-09-19.
  3. ↑ Linux: Alan Cox Quits As Linux TTY Maintainer — "I've Had Enough"
  4. ↑ Alan Cox: Moving on from Red Hat
  5. ↑ Cox, Alan. “I'm leaving the Linux world and Intel for a bit for family reasons”. 2013년 1월 24일에 확인함. 
  6. ↑ “Etched Pixels: N scale etched models and details”. 2009년 7월 29일에 확인함. 
  7. ↑ List of Alan Cox patents
  8. ↑ Webbink, Mark (Interviewee) (2007년 11월 8일). 《Mark Webbink On: The Patent Promise》. Red Hat Magazine. 2008년 1월 11일에 보존된 문서. 2007년 12월 23일에 확인함. 
  9. ↑ “Statement of Position and Our Promise on Software Patents”. Red Hat. 2007년 8월 18일에 보존된 문서. 2007년 8월 23일에 확인함. 
  10. ↑ “Board and Advisory Council”. Open Rights Group. 2007년 8월 23일에 확인함. 
  11. ↑ “2003 Award For the Advancement of Free Software”. Free Software Foundation. 2007년 8월 19일에 보존된 문서. 2007년 8월 23일에 확인함. 
  12. ↑ Matt Loney (2005년 10월 6일). “Linux pioneer wins lifetime achievement award”. ZDNet UK. 
  13. ↑ “Google Plus post”. Google. 2013년 7월 18일에 확인함. 

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