Mike Linksvayer
Encyclopedia
Creative Commons
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Linksvayer holds a B.A.
Bachelor of Arts
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in economics
Economics
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from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...
and has experience as a software developer
Software developer
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and consultant
Consultant
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. He joined Creative Commons as Chief technical officer
Chief technical officer
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in April 2003, and held that position until April 2007 when he became vice president. He also co-founded Bitzi
Bitzi
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The former executive director of Creative Commons, Glenn Otis Brown, noted that Mike brought much-needed stability to the organization, comparing his role to that of a drummer
Drummer
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in a band.
Linksvayer has encouraged NASA
NASA
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to use public APIs to open up its data, which are in the public domain
Public domain
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since they constitute government works. This would allow the data to be used in mashup
Mashup (digital)
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s. He also suggested that scientists and other planetary societies use Creative Commons licenses
Creative Commons licenses
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to disseminate photos and other works so that the public has better access to them.
Mike Linksvayer is a vegan and follows a low-calorie diet. He was featured in a news story carried by a number of sources suggesting that calorie-restricted diets
Calorie restriction
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may extend life span.
Linksvayer is also an active Wikipedian.