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harald welte

harald welte -lrb- born 1979 -rrb- is a programmer resident in berlin , germany .
within the free software community , welte is well known as a hacker of the linux kernel and for his activities in enforcing the gnu general public license -lrb- gpl -rrb- , the license that governs the use of much of free software .
welte is also involved in a number of free software projects , such as openmoko , -lrb- a version of linux for completely open , low-cost , high-volume phones -rrb- and the netfilter/iptables project -lrb- the core firewall mechanism in linux-based firewall computers and routing devices -rrb- .
he is an active member of the chaos computer club .
