Rob Levin, RIP

September 18, 2006 8:31 am Dave Neary General

I have know Rob Levin through OPN and Freenode for nearly 10 years. He was committed to his vision of freenode as a place for free software projects to interract, and provided a valuable service to many projects. I know that his efforts to fundraise by broadcasting on the network annoyed some people, but so be it. Rob gave so much to the cause of free software, his influence will be felt for years.

The last thing I want to have to do on a Monday morning is read of the death of someone I knew and respected, so it was a shock to read this morning that Rob died over the weekend after being seriously injured in a road acident last week. My thoughts go out to his family. Goodbye Rob.

One Response

  1. robert berencreuz Says:
    September 18th, 2006 at 8:59 pm

    I echo the sentiments, i knew him for going on five years, but. what gets to me is that wikipedia considers him not noteworthy enough to be featured there.