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Bruce Perens grew up in Long Island, New York. He is an American computer programmer and advocate in the free software movement. He created The Open Source Definition and published the first formal announcement and manifesto of open source. In 2005, Perens represented Open Source at the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society, at the invitation of the United Nations Development Programme. Perens is also an amateur radio operator, with call sign K6BP. He promotes open radio communications standards. Perens worked for seven years at the New York Institute of Technology Computer Graphics Lab. After that, he worked at Pixar for 12 years, from 1987 to 1999. Perens is featured in the 2001 documentary film Revolution OS and the 2006 BBC television documentary The Code-Breakers. Perens lives in Berkeley, California with his wife and son.