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'''Kenneth P. Brown, Jr.''' is an [[United States|American]] author. He is most famous for authoring reports critical of [[Linux]] and [[open source]] software, notably the book ''[[Samizdat (book)|Samizdat]]''. While his reports have been strongly criticised in technical circles, for the most part his intended audience is the technically un-savvy: legislators, newspaper editors and talk show hosts.


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Brown is the former president of the [[Alexis de Tocqueville Institution]] (AdTI), a [[think tank]] based in [[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington, Virginia]]. He oversees the Institution's policy studies and foundation relationships. He is also Vice-President of the [[Emerging Markets Group]], an overseas market investment and advisory firm.
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Kenneth Brown also serves on the Board of Directors of the [[Democratic Century Fund]], and oversees investment hedge fund.

Brown has a B.A. in English Literature from [[George Mason University]].

==Articles==
*“[http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA18213?display=forum One Year Makes the Difference in Access Debate]”, Multichannel News, May 1, 2000.
*“[http://www.ijclp.org/6_2001/pdf/ijclp_webdoc_11_6_2001.pdf The Internet Privacy Debate]”, ''International Journal of Communications and Law Policy'', March 8, 2001.
*“[http://www.darwinmag.com/read/writeon/column.html?ArticleID=1072 Outsourcing and The Devaluation of Intellectual Property]”, ''Darwinmag.com'', (April 26, 2004)
*“[http://www.adti.net/samizdat/samizdat.updates.html Samizdat: And Other Issues Regarding the 'Source' of Open Source Code]”, May 20, 2004.

==External links==
* [http://www.ijclp.net/6_2001/authors/brown.html Kenneth Brown, B.A.] (biography, International Journal of Communications Law and Policy)
*[[Andrew S. Tanenbaum|Andrew Tanenbaum]], "[http://linuxtoday.com/developer/2004052200426OPSWDV Ken Brown's Motivation, Release 1.2]", Linuxtoday, May 22, 2004.
*Andrew Tanenbaum, "[http://linuxtoday.com/developer/2004052001326OSCYDV Some Notes on the 'Who Wrote Linux' Kerfuffle, Release 1.1]", Linuxtoday, May 20, 2004.
*Andrew Tanenbaum, "[http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/brown Some Notes on the 'Who wrote Linux' Kerfuffle, Release 1.5]", Original article by Andrew Tanenbaum, May 20, 2004.}}
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