{
  "firstname": "Gene",
  "lastname": "Kan",
  "handle": "",
  "birth": "1976",
  "death": "2002",
  "obituary": "",
  "issue": "163",
  "affiliations": "",
  "mainimage": "/images/face-silhouette-clipart.png",
  "maintext": "<p>Gene Kan was a computer programmer and open source advocate best known for his work on Gnutella, the peer-to-peer file sharing network. He was an early and prominent developer of the Gnutella protocol and its open source implementations, and became a visible spokesperson for the peer-to-peer movement. Kan was also a contributor to various open source projects and a frequent speaker on decentralized networking technology.</p>",
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