re:publica 2014

Glyn Moody is a journalist, blogger and speaker. He writes about digital rights, copyright and patents on Techdirt, while his blog is about open source, open data and open culture. After gaining two degrees in mathematics from Cambridge University, Moody entered business journalism before specialising in the field of computers in 1983.

He started writing and lecturing about business use of the Internet in early 1994, and about open source in 1995. In 1997 he wrote the first mainstream feature about GNU/Linux and free software, which appeared in Wired magazine.

His book, "Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution" - the only detailed history of free software written so far - was published in 2001. "Digital Code of Life: How Bioinformatics is Revolutionising Science, Medicine and Business" appeared in 2004, and explores the rise and importance of digital genomics.