Sage Sharp (formerly Sarah Sharp) is a

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who has worked on the

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, including serving on the

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's Technical Advisory Board for two years. Sharp began working on the kernel in 2006 as an undergraduate at

Portland State University Portland State University (PSU) is a public research university in Portland, Oregon. It was founded in 1946 as a post-secondary educational institution for World War II veterans. It evolved into a four-year college over the following two decades ...

, and later through an

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undergraduate research grant. Sharp's contributions to the kernel include writing and acting as a maintainer for its

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driver. In 2015, Sharp recommended that the Linux project adopt a

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for Linux developers;

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adopted a "code of conflict" instead. Sharp stepped down from direct work on the kernel on 5 October 2015, citing the abrasive communication style and "abusive commentary n submitted patches of the maintainer community. Sharp was a volunteer co-coordinator of the

Outreachy Outreachy (previously the Free and Open Source Software Outreach Program for Women) is a program that organizes three-month paid internships with free and open-source software projects for people who are typically underrepresented in those project ...

project, and led a team contributing to the Linux kernel for the project's June 2013 internships. Through their consultancy Otter Tech LLC, they work with Outreachy in a paid capacity, providing code of conduct enforcement training and incidence response workshops. Sharp won the first annual

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Women in Open Source Community Award in 2015 for "efforts in improving communications and inviting women into open source communities" and the 2016

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for accomplishments in the open source community. Sharp is

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and uses the pronouns "they" and "them".

Early years

Sharp grew up in

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, and attended Portland State University as an undergraduate. While at Portland State University, Sharp worked on the Linux kernel for senior elective credits.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sharp, Sage Living people American software engineers 1985 births Portland State University alumni People from Rainier, Oregon Engineers from Oregon LGBT people from Oregon People with non-binary gender identities People from Portland, Oregon

Early years

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