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Bruce Perens, a Common card
Bruce Perens is an American computer programmer and advocate in the free software movement.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 60
- Power
- 129
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 13,000
Power 129 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Bruce Perens quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Bruce Perens card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He co-founded the Open Source ______ with Eric S. Raymond.
Answer
Initiative. He co-founded the Open Source Initiative with Eric S. Raymond. From the Bruce Perens article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, Perens represented Open Source at the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society, at the invitation of the United Nations Development Programme.
Answer
2000s. 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. From the Bruce Perens article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Mildred Dresselhaus. Mildred Dresselhaus 74 · Bruce Perens 69 · Hardcore Hall of Fame 65 · Chang Yŏngsil 62 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He created The Open Source Definition and published the first formal announcement and manifesto of open source.
- He co-founded the Open Source Initiative with Eric S. Raymond.
- 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.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Bruce Perens article was read about 13,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 60: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Bruce Perens
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- Mildred DresselhausCommon · History · ATK 74 DEF 55
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- Comfort behaviour in animalsCommon · Nature · ATK 61 DEF 68
- David AndersenCommon · Society · ATK 72 DEF 57
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Bruce Perens (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Friprog, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
