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Raph Levien

Raphael Linus Levien (also known as Raph Levien) is a software developer, a member of the free software developer community, through his creation of the Advogato virtual community and his work with the free software branch of Ghostscript. From 2007 until 2018, and from 2021 until 2025, he was employed at Google. He holds a PhD in computer science from UC…

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Known for
Advogato
Occupation
Programmer
Alma mater
University of California, Berkeley
Born
Enkhuizen, Netherlands
Children
2
Citizenship
American

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Imaging and typography

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Activism in GPL-licensed software and encryption legislation

Personal life

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Raph Levien

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Raph Levien

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related to Bibliography · 6
Raph Levien → Attack Resistant Trust Metrics, Early, Google Tech Talks, June, Lessons From Advogato, PhD
Alma mater · 1
Raph Levien → University of California, Berkeley
Born · 1
Raph Levien → Enkhuizen, Netherlands
Children · 1
Raph Levien → 2
Citizenship · 1
Raph Levien → American
Known for · 1
Raph Levien → Advogato
Occupation · 1
Raph Levien → Programmer
Website · 1
Raph Levien → www.levien.com

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Raph LevienAlma materUniversity of California, Berkeley1.00infobox
Raph LevienBornEnkhuizen, Netherlands1.00infobox
Raph LevienChildren21.00infobox
Raph LevienCitizenshipAmerican1.00infobox
Raph LevienKnown forAdvogato1.00infobox
Raph LevienOccupationProgrammer1.00infobox
Raph LevienWebsitewww.levien.com1.00infobox
Raph Levienrelated to BibliographyAttack Resistant Trust Metrics0.60section
Raph Levienrelated to BibliographyEarly0.60section
Raph Levienrelated to BibliographyPhD0.60section
Raph Levienrelated to BibliographyLessons From Advogato0.60section
Raph Levienrelated to BibliographyGoogle Tech Talks0.60section

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