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Jörg Schilling (Schily) has died
9 points by rhabarba on Oct 11, 2021 | hide | past | favorite | 5 comments
Although I assume that it was pretty easy to disagree with his views on software licenses, I feel sad about his death. Not only had he brought many amazing tools like cdrecord, mkisofs and an upgraded SCCS to the world, he also was a strong advocate for sane software design.

May he Rest In Peace.




This is very sad to hear. Seeing his name always inspired confidence in the program about to run.


Very sad news:(

Do we know the circumstances yet?


Cancer. Surprising to me, as he released new versions of his software only a few days ago.


That's his legacy. He probably didn't want any of the work to go to waste.




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