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He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.

Who am I?

I'm Greg Rundlett. freephile is a moniker I chose a long time ago combining the ideals of "freedom" and the Greek "philos" to represent my affection for things like free thought, freedom of expression, free knowledge, freedom from oppression. I think it is unfortunate that the free software revolution which started in the mid 1980's is pretty much dead and captive to 'open source'.

Founder of eQuality Technology
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Why this website?

This site serves as a showcase for some of the features and capabilities of the MediaWiki platform that powers Wikipedia. Wikipedia is one of the greatest achievements in the modern world: sharing the entirety of human knowledge to all for free.

What do I do with my time?

When not at work, I take to the beaches, woods, trails, and mountains of New England to enjoy swimming, hiking, disc golf and scenic motorcycle rides. My Interests also include organic gardening and photography.

Local

As a board member of the Coastal Trails Coalition I work to expand the accessible multi-use trail network in and around Salisbury, MA

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 ==== Who am I? ====
-I'm Greg Rundlett. freephile is a moniker I chose a long time ago from the combination of "freedom" and the Greek "philos" to represent my affection for libre software. I don't use it as much any more since the meaning of "free software", like the [[Copyright|GPL]] has largely become irrelevant.
+I'm Greg Rundlett. ''freephile'' is a moniker I chose a long time ago combining the ideals of "freedom" and the Greek "philos" to represent my affection for things like free thought, freedom of expression, free knowledge, freedom from oppression. I think it is unfortunate that the free software revolution which started in the mid 1980's is pretty much dead and captive to 'open source'.
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 ==== Why this website? ====
-Wiki technology is almost as old as the web itself <ref>(and like everything else under the sun is based on earlier works http://c2.com/cgi/wiki/wiki?WikiWikiWeb)</ref>.  It's incredibly powerful.  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia] is a relevant example.  This site serves as a showcase for some of the [[features]] and capabilities of the '''MediaWiki''' platform that powers Wikipedia.
+This site serves as a showcase for some of the [[features]] and capabilities of the '''MediaWiki''' platform that powers [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia]. Wikipedia is one of the greatest achievements in the modern world: sharing the entirety of human knowledge to all for free.
 ==== What do I do with my time? ====
-[[Interests]] describes some of the technology, hardware and/or software-related things that occupy my time.  When not at work, I take to the beaches, woods, trails, and mountains of New England to enjoy swimming, hiking, disc golf and scenic motorcycle rides. I also enjoy organic gardening and photography.
+When not at work, I take to the beaches, woods, trails, and mountains of New England to enjoy swimming, hiking, disc golf and scenic motorcycle rides. My [[Interests]] also include organic gardening and photography.
 ==== Local ====
-As a board member of the [http://coastaltrails.org Coastal Trails Coalition] I work to expand the accessible multi-use trail network.  I live in Salisbury, MA
+As a board member of the [http://coastaltrails.org Coastal Trails Coalition] I work to expand the accessible multi-use trail network in and around Salisbury, MA
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