Philippe Aigrain

Philippe Aigrain
Philippe Aigrain in the Journée du domaine public, 2012 in Paris
Born(1949-07-15)15 July 1949
Died11 July 2021(2021-07-11) (aged 71)
NationalityFrench
Alma materParis Diderot University

Philippe Aigrain (15 July 1949 – 11 July 2021) was a French computer scientist, activist and researcher.

He was one of the directors of the Software Freedom Law Center in New York City and a cofounder of the French non-profit La Quadrature du Net. In 2003, he founded and directed Sopinspace, a solution provider for participatory democracy and public debate using the Internet.