Rene Mages
President FFII France
Greater Paris Metropolitan Region France
Summary
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Top SchoolRene Mages is a digital rights advocate and technologist with 15 years of experience leading FFII France, where he has served as president since 2008 after a long tenure as vice president. Grounded in an agrégation in mathematics and computer science, he blends technical literacy with policy activism around software patents, free/open-source software, and information governance. He maintains an active public presence through a long-running blog, wiki, and curated reading lists that reflect a deep interest in the political economy of information. A member of Nouvelle Donne, Rene brings civic engagement to his technical advocacy, translating complex legal and technical debates into accessible campaigns. Notably, his sustained leadership at FFII demonstrates a rare combination of grassroots organizing and domain expertise in the European digital-rights landscape.
15 years of coding experience
Agregation, Mathematics and Computer Science, Agregation, Mathematics and Computer Science at Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis
French, English
Github Skills (6)
smalltalk6
wolfram-language6
mojo5
pharo5
java4
object-oriented-programming4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (4)
SquareBracketAssociates/PharoByExample-french
Apr 2011 - Jun 2016
Contributions:73 commits, 4 pushes in 5 years 3 months
ramix/PharoByExample80
Mar 2020 - Mar 2020
A new version of Pharo by example for Pharo 80
Contributions:10 pushes in 9 days
pharosmalltalk
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