Everybody Loves Eric Raymond
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| Author(s) | John Leach |
| Website | http://geekz.co.uk/lovesraymond/ |
| Update schedule | Published in a regular but sporadic fashion |
| Launch date | May 2005 |
Everybody Loves Eric Raymond (ELER) is a webcomic created by John Leach and is co-written with Louisa Parry with help from friends and random strangers. Its name is a play on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. It is created and published "in a regular but sporadic fashion", using only free software.
Since October 28, 2005 the episodes have been created on an open wiki. All episodes are available under a free content license, the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license.[1]
Characters
The comic traditionally consists of three panels, and is largely based on a topical story from the Free Software world. The general plot is that Eric Raymond, Linus Torvalds and Richard Stallman share a flat/apartment in an undisclosed location. Other characters from the community have appeared, including Jon "maddog" Hall, Rob Malda (from Slashdot), Bruce Perens, Mark Shuttleworth and Hans Reiser.
Reaction
Stallman and Raymond have commented on the comic as has Raymond's wife. Torvalds has yet to make his feelings known, but has commented on one specific comic.[2]
Gervase Markham was honoured to have been included in the strip.[3]
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
Everybody Loves Eric Raymond
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- Everybody Loves Eric Raymond
- Open Wiki for Script Ideas
- John Leach
- Louisa Parry
- Lugradio Interview with John Leach
- Reactions from Stallman, Eric Raymond, and Torvalds.
- ELER mentioned on Computer Power User, October, 2005, Vol. 5, Issue 10
- Geek Comic of the Week: ELER reviewed, ITworld, March 27, 2006.
Categories: 2000s webcomics | Webcomics | Free webcomics | Free software culture and documents | Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

