"Indeed, everything that does not decrease by being given, while it is held and not given, is not yet held as it should be."Augustinus Aurelius
I have never been satisfied with mere factual knowledge. I’m always driven by the question of “Why?”. Only by answering this question we can recognize connections and understand the world we live in. This is probably also the reason why my first computer quickly led me to programming and to Free Software.
Free Software (also known as Open Source) enables everyone to understand, share and improve the software they are using. Software is omnipresent today; it determines our access to education, culture, and work. There is hardly any activity in daily life that is not directly or indirectly connected to software. This makes software a cultural technique, and as such, it must be accessible to everyone and subject to democratic control. Democracy and freedom are only possible if we are able to understand and shape the rules that govern our lives. Therefore I have been actively volunteering with the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) for many years, a charity that empowers users to control technology.