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Eric Steven Raymond (born December 4 , 1957 ), often referred to as '''ESR''', is the author of " The Cathedral And The Bazaar " and the present maintainer of the " Jargon File " (also known as "The New Hacker's Dictionary"). Though the Jargon File established his original reputation within Hacker Culture , after 1997 he became a figure in the Open Source Movement , and is today one of its most controversial characters. Raymond is an avowed Libertarian . He is known to have strong interests in Science Fiction and Firearms , is an enthusiastic amateur musician, and claims to have a black belt in Taekwondo . He is an advocate of Second Amendment gun rights and supported the 2003 Invasion Of Iraq . Raymond has a mild form of congenital Cerebral Palsy , a condition which motivated him to pursue a future in computing. Let my software go! , Salon.com HACKER Born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1957 , Raymond lived on three continents before settling in Pennsylvania in 1971 . His involvement with hacker culture began in 1976 and he contributed to his first Open Source Software project in 1982 . Since then, his primary contribution to open source software has been maintaining the Fetchmail email client. Minor contributions have included Emacs editing modes and portions of libraries like GNU Ncurses , giflib/libungif, and Libpng . He has also written a number of How-to documents that are now included in the Linux Documentation Project corpus. Raymond's public claim to be a "Core Linux Developer" has been disputed since he has never had code accepted into the Linux kernel. His sole attempt to contribute to Linux (the CML2 configuration system) was rejected by Linux Kernel developers. Linux: CML2, ESR & The LKML , [http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/340 Linux Megabytes (MB) or Mebibytes (MiB) Raymond initially became known by hackers for his adoption of the Jargon File . Some have become dissatisfied with the resulting character of the work due to the inclusion of material invented by Raymond or reflecting his own political views. Objectors to Raymond's stewardship are of the opinion that the Jargon File should be an impartial record of "hacker culture". ESR Recasts Jargon File in Own Image , slashdot article. "OPEN SOURCE" Raymond coined the to provide credibility to the company and act as a hired "corporate conscience" Eric S. Raymond -- Surprised By Wealth , ESR hard times and has spoken in more than fifteen countries on six continents. Raymond has had a number of public disputes with other figures in the free software movement. His disagreement with over tactics to promote free and Open Source software, implying Stallman spent too much time proselytizing and not producing code. Raymond addressed some of his critics from the software development community in his 1999 essay "Take My Job, Please!" Take my job, please. , Eric Raymond., stating that he was willing to "back to the hilt" anyone qualified and willing to take his job and present the case for open source to the world. In February 2005, Raymond stepped down as the president of the Open Source Initiative . COMMENTATOR Raymond is a prolific writer of political and technical opinion pieces through his website and blog. Since the summer of 2003, Raymond has used his Web Log to promote his views on politics, race and the Iraq war. Controversial opinions he has attempted to defend include that African Americans are responsible for a disproportionate percentage of crimes because they have lower IQ s Eric Raymond's blog , and that the United States should embark on a campaign of "deliberate cultural genocide" against the Islamic world. Eric Raymond's blog BOOKS BY RAYMOND
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