FSFS2008 - 0.1
Free Software Free Society
Conference on Freedom in Computing, Development and Culture
Jimmy Wales
Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales is an American Internet entrepreneur known for his role in the creation of Wikipedia, a free open content encyclopedia launched in 2001.
He serves on the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation, holding the board-appointed "community founder" seat. In 2004, he founded Wikia, a privately owned free web hosting service. His work with Wikipedia, which has become the world's largest encyclopedia, prompted Time magazine to name him in its 2006 list of the world's most influential people. Wales is the de facto leader of Wikipedia, whose role in the project has gained broad media attention and has led to controversy.