Paul "Rusty" Russell is an Australian free software programmer and advocate.

Yukihiro Matsumoto - free software programmer.

Denis Roio (also known as Jaromil) is a free software programmer, media artist and activist.

Miguel de Icaza (free software programmer)

Soon after, he started a nonprofit corporation called the Free Software Foundation to employ free software programmers and provide a legal infrastructure for the free software movement.

Miguel de Icaza (born c. 1972) is a Mexican free software programmer, best known for starting the GNOME and Mono projects.

As such, they represent advice, not Free Software Foundation or GNU policy, but parts of the Gnits' standards have seen widespread adoption among free software programmers in general.

Audrey Tang (born April 18, 1981; formerly known as Autrijus Tang) is a Taiwanese free software programmer, who has been described as one of the "ten greats of Taiwanese computing."