Computers. The Internet. Smartphones. The Web. Many of the technologies we use each day are powered by software so critical that even minor flaws in its source code could stop the world in its tracks.Yet much of this software is “open source” — a technology commons that can be freely used and contributed to by anyone, but at the same time, is controlled by no one person or corporation.Originally pioneered by computer programmers who believe in freely sharing the source code of their software with the world, this radical idea eventually grew into a full blown revolution to “open source” everything from encyclopedic knowledge, to the mapping of the human genome, to heirloom seeds.And, yet, despite its wide ranging impact, the open source revolution remains all but unknown to most people who now, more than ever before, depend on its survival.This project is an attempt to change that.
计算机。互联网。智能手机。网络。我们每天使用的许多技术都由非常关键的软件提供支持，以至于即使是源代码中的微小缺陷也可能使世界停滞不前。然而，这些软件的大部分都是“开源”的——任何人都可以自由使用和贡献的技术共享，但同时，不受任何个人或公司的控制。这个激进的想法最初是由相信与世界自由共享其软件源代码的计算机程序员开创的，最终发展成为一场全面的革命，从百科全书知识到人类基因组图谱，再到传家宝种子，一切都“开源”。然而，尽管开源革命的影响范围广泛，但大多数人仍然不知道，他们现在比以往任何时候都更加依赖它的生存。这个项目就是试图改变这种状况。
Faces of Open Source is an on-going photographic documentation of the people behind the open source revolution. The project is comprised of portraits of notable and unsung heroes who dedicate themselves to the creation and advancement of our open source technologies.
Faces of Open Source 是开源革命背后的人们的持续摄影记录。该项目由致力于创造和推进开源技术的著名无名英雄的肖像组成。
Linus Torvalds 发明了 Linux 操作系统，用于运行绝大多数连接到 Internet 的计算机服务器。Torvalds 还发明了 Git 版本控制系统，他用它来管理成千上万的开源开发人员对 Linux 所做的源代码更改。
Bill 和 John Ritchie 拿着他们已故兄弟 Dennis 的照片。Dennis Ritchie 创建了 C 编程语言（也许是有史以来使用最广泛的编程语言），并与同事 Ken Thompson 一起创建了 Unix 操作系统。
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