Greg Kroah-Hartman is a Fellow at the Linux Foundation. He is currently responsible for the stable Linux kernel releases, the kernel CVE assignment team, and is currently a maintainer of the USB, TTY, driver core, staging, and other smaller driver subsystems subsystems in the kernel as well as being responsible for other portions of the kernel in the past.
He is the author of two books about Linux kernel development, both free online, and has written many papers and articles about the Linux kernel and has given many presentations over the years about the Linux kernel development process and how to get involved in the community. He is also a member of the EU's CRA Expert Group to help advise the European Commission as to how the CRA affects open source projects and developers.
About receiving of the Prize for Excellence in Open Source, Greg shared:
I would like to greatly thank the European Open Source Academy for this award. I am very honored that the work I have done for Linux and Open Source has been recognized by my peers as helpful to the success of Linux. The European Union has, over the past years, recognized that Open Source software is what powers the world, and frees everyone from forced reliance on commercial offerings, allowing all governments, companies, and people, to control their own future. I am proud to be a small part of that effort and look forward to continue working together on this with everyone.
The Prize for Excellence in Open Source Software, aka ‘The European Open Source Prize’ is given to those in recognition of their outstanding impact in open source software development, technical leadership, and sustained excellence over at least ten years.