Hans Reiser

Hans Thomas Reiser was born in Oakland, California{{cite web |url=http://abc7news.com/archive/8731301/ |title=Reiser asks potential jurors about morality of murder |website=ABC 7 News |date=July 10, 2012 |access-date=August 31, 2015}} to Ramon{{cite news

|last=Byfield|first= Bruce

|url=https://www.linux.com/news/reiser-filesystem-development-continue/

|title=Reiser filesystem development to continue

|publisher=Linux.com

|date=October 12, 2006

|access-date=December 2, 2020}} and Beverly (née Kleiber) Reiser and grew up in the same city.{{cite news

|author=Harris, Harry

|author2=Dearen, Jason

|title=Missing woman's blood found in husband's house

|work=San Jose Mercury News

|date=October 11, 2006

|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/15735159.htm|access-date=October 11, 2006

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070127232217/http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/15735159.htm|archive-date = January 27, 2007}} He dropped out of junior high school when he was 13 because of his disdain for what he considered an overly rigid, conventional schooling system, and for constantly being ridiculed and bullied by his peers.{{cite web |url=http://kerneltrap.org/node/5654 |title=Interview: Hans Reiser |access-date=October 10, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061008033127/http://kerneltrap.org/node/5654 |archive-date=October 8, 2006 |df=mdy-all }} Reiser stated in interviews that, at the age of 15, he was accepted into the University of California, Berkeley.{{r|sfgate20060914}} Reiser attended the university off and on until he received a BS in computer science in 1992 at age 28.{{cite news

|last=Lee

|first=Henry K.

|title=Husband of missing Oakland mom arrested on suspicion of murder

|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle

|date=October 10, 2006

|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/10/BAGERLM3RR15.DTL

|access-date=March 3, 2016}}

{{main|ReiserFS|Reiser4}}

Reiser and his company Namesys developed the journaled computer file systems ReiserFS and Reiser4. ReiserFS has been available in the Linux operating system since version 2.4.1 and has, at times, been the default filesystem on several Linux distributions including, until 2006, Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise.

Following Reiser's 2006 arrest on suspicion of murder, people in the free software community expressed concern over the future of Reiser's newer filesystem (Reiser4). Jonathan Corbet, editor of LWN.net, argued that the immaturity of Reiser4's feature set and Reiser's extensive combative relationship with the community meant that the filesystem's future had been limited in any event.

{{cite news|last=Corbet|first=Jonathan|date=April 30, 2008|access-date=May 10, 2008|title=On the conviction of Hans Reiser

|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/280228/|publisher=LWN.net}}

Shortly after Reiser's arrest, the employees of Namesys stated that they would continue to work, that the arrest had no immediate effect on the rate of the software's development, and if the case expanded over a longer time, they would seek solutions to ensure the long-term future of the company.

{{cite web

|url=https://lkml.org/lkml/2006/10/11/190

|title=Alexander Lyamin Re: The Future of ReiserFS development

|publisher=Namesys Inc.

|date=October 11, 2006

|access-date=March 14, 2007}} On December 21, 2006, Reiser announced that he was selling the company to raise money for his increasing legal fees.{{cite news

|first=Joshua |last=Davis

|url=https://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72342-0.html?tw=wn_technology_1

|title=Murder Suspect Selling Namesys

|publisher=Wired News

|date=December 21, 2006

|access-date=December 30, 2006}} According to an interview with Namesys employee Edward Shishkin, as of January 2008, the commercial activity of the company had ceased, but it had not been sold.{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com/8301-13580_3-9851703-39.html|title=Namesys vanishes, but Reiser project lives on|work=CNet|date=January 16, 2008|access-date=January 26, 2008|first=Stephen|last=Shankland|archive-date=September 5, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905032318/http://www.news.com/8301-13580_3-9851703-39.html|url-status=dead}}

In November 2023, Reiser wrote a letter to Fredrick Brennan from prison, who forwarded it with Reiser's permission to the Linux kernel mailing list (LKML), in which Reiser recounts his regrets regarding how he interacted with the Linux community.{{cite news |author=Kevin Purdy |date=19 January 2024 |title=Convicted murderer, filesystem creator writes of regrets to Linux list |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/convicted-murderer-filesystem-creator-writes-of-regrets-to-linux-list/ |work=Ars Technica}}

In November of 2024, ReiserFS has been removed{{Citation |title=[GIT PULL] Remove reiserfs – Jan Kara |url=https://lore.kernel.org/reiserfs-devel/20241121160433.2xoi3lorp3y3rows@quack3/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241127213522/https://lore.kernel.org/reiserfs-devel/20241121160433.2xoi3lorp3y3rows@quack3/ |archive-date=2024-11-27}} from the Linux Kernel.

{{split|Murder of Nina Reiser|discuss=Talk:Hans Reiser#Split article?|section=section|date=February 2025}}

In 1998, while working in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Reiser arranged to meet a Russian woman he selected from a mail-order bride catalog.{{cite news|first=David|last=Kravets|publisher=Wired|date=April 16, 2008|title=Reiser Defense Blasts Prosecution; Geek Defense Re-Deployed|access-date=July 8, 2008 |url=http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/04/reiser-defense.html}} To communicate with the woman, Reiser hired an interpreter, Nina Sharanova ({{langx|ru|Нина Шаранова}}). Five months later, he married Nina. Nina was a Russian-born and trained obstetrician and gynecologist.{{cite web|url=http://www.ninareiser.com/aboutnina.html |title=About Nina |date=September 22, 2007 |access-date=December 12, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070922033423/http://www.ninareiser.com/aboutnina.html |archive-date=September 22, 2007 }} They had two children.{{Cite web |date=2012-07-12 |title=Convicted Killer Reiser Admits Wife Never Directly Harmed Children – CBS San Francisco |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/convicted-killer-reiser-admits-wife-never-directly-harmed-children/ |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}

Hans's father, Ramon, became suspicious of his new daughter-in-law when she took the title of CFO at Namesys at that time. Ramon was trained in military interviewing techniques and claimed that Nina lied to him when he confronted her about the fast-shrinking reserves of Namesys.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2007/06/ff-hansreiser/|title=Hans Reiser: Once a Linux Visionary, Now Accused of Murder|first=Joshua|last=Davis|magazine=Wired|date=June 26, 2007|via=www.wired.com}}

The Reisers separated in May 2004. Nina filed for divorce three months later, citing irreconcilable differences and alleging that their children "hardly know their father" because he was out of the country on business for most of the year, according to court records. She was granted sole legal custody of the children and shared physical custody with her husband. The divorce was not finalized when she disappeared.

{{cite news

|author=Lee, Henry K.

|title=Nina Reiser's boyfriend has 'glimmer of hope'/Billboards with missing mom's photo unveiled

|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle

|date=October 11, 2006

|url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Nina-Reiser-s-boyfriend-has-glimmer-of-hope-2486701.php

|access-date=September 27, 2022}}

Nina obtained a temporary restraining order against Hans in December 2004 after he pushed her at the height of the divorce proceedings.

{{cite news

|author=Lee, Henry K.

|author2=Zamora, Jim Herron

|title=Man's home searched — wife is missing

|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle

|date=September 14, 2006

|url=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/14/BAGPJL5DHV1.DTL

|access-date=October 10, 2006}} She dropped the temporary restraining order in late 2005 because the heat of the divorce had chilled over time. In exchange, Hans agreed to be bound by a one-year civil restraining order which prohibited him from "contacting, harassing or disturbing the peace" of Nina. In May, Nina alleged in court filings that her husband had failed to pay 50 percent medical expenses and childcare expenses as ordered by a judge and was in arrears for more than $12,000.

{{cite news

|title=Attorney Says Husband Of Missing Oakland Woman Distrustful Of Police

|publisher=KTVU

|date=September 19, 2006

|url=http://www.ktvu.com/news/9889281/detail.html

|access-date=June 30, 2007

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015184554/http://www.ktvu.com/news/9889281/detail.html

|archive-date=October 15, 2007

|df=mdy-all

}}

According to a later confession by Hans to authorities, on September 3, 2006, Nina dropped their children off with Hans at his mother's house, where he was living at the time. The pair got into a heated argument, and Hans strangled her. He buried her body in an isolated area over the course of two nights.{{cite web |title=Reiser killed wife Nina while kids were downstairs |url=https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/reiser-killed-wife-nina-while-kids-were-downstairs/article_a8b8124c-6725-5d7a-9e2c-27a0b0de47d5.html |website=San Francisco Examiner |access-date=19 December 2022 |date=August 29, 2008}}

Nina was reported missing on September 5, 2006. She had last been seen on September 3, when she dropped the children off at Hans's mother's house.

{{cite news

|last=Shuttleworth|first=Jeff

|title=Authorities Search Home of Missing Woman's Husband

|publisher=CBS Corporation, on CBS 5

|date=September 13, 2006}}

Nina's minivan, with groceries inside, was found on September 9. It was reported by police that neighbors first spotted the parked minivan on September 5.

Hans's neighbors said that they saw him hosing something down in the driveway for half an hour shortly after Nina went missing and said that his car disappeared shortly after, and his mother rented a car so Hans could drive hers. Police searched his property.{{cite news

|title=Woman Missing; Husband's Home Searched

|publisher=KGO-TV

|last=Wang|first=Lee

|url=http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=local&id=4558883

|date=September 14, 2006

|access-date=October 12, 2006

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018123203/http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=local&id=4558883

|archive-date=October 18, 2007

|url-status=dead

}}

Following Nina's disappearance, Hans attempted to obtain custody but was unsuccessful. Oakland police testified against Hans Reiser at the custody hearing, though they did not reveal the evidence on which they based their concerns.

Later that month, Oakland police briefly detained Hans Reiser, served him with a search warrant on his person, and obtained a DNA sample.{{cite news

|title=Investigators Take DNA Sample From Hans Reiser

|publisher=CBS Corporation, on CBS 5

|date=September 29, 2006}}

{{cite news

|last=Dearen

|first=Jason

|title=Oakland police briefly detain missing hills woman's husband

|publisher=Contra Costa Times

|date=October 6, 2006}} On October 10, 2006, following the second search of his home, Oakland police and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) investigators removed a number of items. HSI had been investigating Reiser for money laundering. Police arrested Reiser for the murder of Nina

{{cite news

|last=Leff

|first=Lisa

|title=Oakland police arrest missing woman's estranged husband

|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle

|date=October 10, 2006

|url=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/10/10/state/n142844D48.DTL

|access-date=October 10, 2006

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061105154536/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fn%2Fa%2F2006%2F10%2F10%2Fstate%2Fn142844D48.DTL

|archive-date=November 5, 2006

|url-status=dead

|df=mdy-all

}}{{cite news

|title=Police: 'All Avenues Led Back To Mr. Reiser'

|publisher=NBC11

|date=October 10, 2006 |url=http://www.nbc11.com/news/10046048/detail.html

|access-date=October 10, 2006}} and charged him.

{{cite news

|publisher=CBS Corporation, on CBS 5

|title=Police Charge Hans Reiser With Murder

|date=October 10, 2006}}

On October 11, 2006, law enforcement officials said that blood spatter had been found in Reiser's house and car. Forensic testing could neither confirm nor rule out Nina as the source of the blood.{{Cn|date=May 2024}} Daniel Horowitz, a high-profile defense attorney, joined the defense team and dropped the case on November 28, citing Reiser's inability to pay for his services.

Namesys's employees said that Reiser felt that the police would suspect him from the start. Reiser was arraigned on Thursday, October 12, where he delayed entering a plea until his next court appearance on November 28. He was held without bail.{{cite news

|title=Blood evidence revealed in Reiser case

|first=Henry K.

|last=Lee

|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle

|date=October 12, 2006

|url=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/12/BAGR7LO3UI96.DTL

|access-date=November 23, 2006

|archive-date=November 20, 2006

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061120091256/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi%3Ff%3D/c/a/2006/10/12/BAGR7LO3UI96.DTL

|url-status=dead

}} On November 28, Reiser entered a not guilty plea and invoked his right to a speedy trial, forcing the state to schedule a preliminary hearing for December 11.

{{cite news

|first=Henry K. |last=Lee

|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle

|date=November 28, 2006

|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/11/28/BAGERMLCGJ38.DTL

|title=Reiser pleads not guilty to killing estranged wife}}

On December 2, at the request of the Oakland police, search and rescue teams combed an area less than {{Convert|3|mi|4=0|spell=in}} from Hans Reiser's house, but no new major findings were announced.{{cite web|url=http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&ie=UTF8&z=13&ll=37.823074,-122.154408&spn=0.063459,0.205307&om=1 |title=wooded area |date=January 1, 1970 |access-date=February 8, 2010}}

{{cite web

|url=http://www.insidebayarea.com/timesstar/ci_4764922

|title=County combs new location in Reiser hunt

|publisher=Inside Bay Area

|date=December 2, 2006}}

On March 9, the judge ruled that Reiser would stand trial{{cite web |date=March 9, 2007 |title=Judge Says Hans Reiser Can Stand Trial For Murder |url=http://www.ktvu.com/news/11214659/detail.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312010919/http://www.ktvu.com/news/11214659/detail.html |archive-date=March 12, 2007 |access-date=March 9, 2007 |publisher=KTVU.com |df=mdy-all}} and set Reiser's arraignment for March 23.

{{cite news|title = Judge rules trial of U.S. man in wife's death can proceed even though body is missing| url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/09/america/NA-GEN-Missing-Mother.php|work = International Herald Tribune|date = March 9, 2007|access-date = March 10, 2007}}

On March 23, Reiser pleaded not guilty.{{cite news|first=Henry K.|last=Lee|title = Reiser pleads not guilty in wife's slaying.|url = http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/23/BAGIROQKMB38.DTL | work = San Francisco Chronicle|date = March 23, 2007|access-date = March 23, 2007}} Shortly after, the court learned of a complication in the trial regarding a former friend of Reiser, Sean Sturgeon. Sturgeon, who had previously dated Nina Reiser, claimed responsibility for eight murders and "possibly" a ninth. In an interview with Wired News, Sturgeon denied that Nina Reiser was one of them. The police doubted that the murders ever took place, and Judge Clay issued a gag order against discussing Sturgeon at the trial.{{cite news | title = Reiser Prosecution Jolt: Victim's Ex-Lover Confesses to Eight Killings | url = https://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2007/05/reiser | work = Wired News | date = May 3, 2007 | access-date = May 3, 2007}}

Hans Reiser's murder trial began on November 6.{{cite news |url=http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/11/rift-brewing-be.html |title=Rift Brewing Between Linux Engineer Reiser, His Attorney as First Day of Murder Trial Ends |publisher=Wired, ThreatLevel Blog |author=Kravets, David|date=November 6, 2007 |access-date=November 7, 2007}} Reiser denied responsibility for the murder throughout the trial. When Reiser testified in his own defense, his implausible claims and erratic behavior in the courtroom largely undermined his claim of innocence.{{cite web|last=Paul |first=Ryan |url=https://arstechnica.com/old/content/2008/07/reiserfs-fading-into-obscurity-as-maker-leads-cops-to-corpse.ars |title=ReiserFS fading into obscurity as maker leads cops to corpse |publisher=Arstechnica.com |date=July 8, 2008 |access-date=February 8, 2010}} Psychiatrist Beverly Parr testified that he "possibly" exhibited symptoms of Asperger syndrome{{cite magazine|last=Kravets |first=David |url=https://www.wired.com/2008/02/expert-in-reise/|title=Psychiatrist Testifies: Reiser May Have Asperger's Syndrome|magazine=Wired|date=February 21, 2008 |access-date=June 19, 2014}} but did not make a diagnosis.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2008/02/22/hans-reisers-mother-resumes-testifying/|title=Hans Reiser's mother resumes testifying|date=February 22, 2008}}

The prosecutor concluded by urging jurors to convict Hans Reiser.{{cite news |url=http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/11/prosecutor-call.html |title=Reiser is a 'Killer', Prosecutor Proclaims; Judge Denies Mistrial in Day 3 of Linux Engineer's Murder Trial |publisher=Wired, ThreatLevel Blog |author=Kravets, David |date=November 8, 2007 |access-date=November 11, 2007}} On April 28, 2008, Hans Reiser was found guilty of first degree murder.

Prosecutors agreed to a deal whereby Reiser would reveal the location of Nina's body in exchange for being allowed to plead guilty to second-degree murder.{{cite news

|url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Reiser-deal-ultimately-hinges-on-judge-s-OK-3205315.php

|title=Reiser deal ultimately hinges on judge's OK.

|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle

|page=A-1

|first=Henry K.

|last=Lee

|access-date=June 4, 2011

|date=July 9, 2008

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107222458/https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Reiser-deal-ultimately-hinges-on-judge-s-OK-3205315.php

|archive-date=November 7, 2017

|url-status=live}} On Monday, July 7, 2008, Reiser led police to Nina's grave.{{cite news | last = Lee|first = Henry K. |author2=Jaxon Van Derbeken |author3=Chronicle Staff Writers | title = Wife-killer leads cops to body in deal with D.A. |publisher = SFGate |page=A-1| date = July 7, 2008|url = https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Wife-killer-leads-cops-to-body-in-deal-with-D-A-3277626.php |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201018014734/https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Wife-killer-leads-cops-to-body-in-deal-with-D-A-3277626.php | archive-date = October 18, 2020 | url-status = live |access-date = July 8, 2008}} Oakland homicide detective Lt. Ersie Joyner recalled that Reiser led them directly to the exact site, without any hesitation or confusion. On July 8, the coroner identified the skeletal remains as those of Nina.{{Cn|date=May 2024}}

On August 29, 2008, Reiser was sentenced to 15 years to life, the maximum sentence for second-degree murder. As a result of his plea bargain, Reiser cannot appeal his conviction or sentence.{{cite news |first=Henry K.|last=Lee|page=B-1| title = Reiser confesses to strangling estranged wife|url = https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Reiser-confesses-to-strangling-estranged-wife-3197731.php|work = SFGate| date = August 29, 2008|access-date = June 4, 2011 }}

On September 5, 2008, Reiser arrived at San Quentin State Prison to begin his sentence. Reiser tried to appeal his second-degree murder conviction on October 30, 2008. The request was denied on November 13, 2008.

{{cite news|last = Lee|first = Henry K.|title = Hans Reiser Case: November 19, 2008|publisher = SFGate|date = November 19, 2008|url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=37&entry_id=32797|access-date = November 19, 2008}}

{{cite news|last = Kravets|first = David|title = Linux Guru Reiser Seeks New Murder Trial|publisher = Wired Blog Network|date = November 19, 2008|url = http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/11/linux-guru-reis.html|access-date = November 19, 2008}}

On January 10, 2009, it was reported that Reiser was recovering after having been beaten by several prisoners.{{cite news |title = San Quentin Prisoner Beaten

|publisher = KCBS | date = January 10, 2009|url = http://www.kcbs.com/pages/3634907.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090609172728/http://www.kcbs.com/pages/3634907.php|archive-date=June 9, 2009}} On January 28, 2009, he was transferred to Mule Creek State Prison.{{cite web|last=Reiser |first=Hans |title=Miscellaneous Received |publisher=Alameda County Superior Court |date=June 11, 2009 |url=http://apps.alameda.courts.ca.gov/domainweb/service?Servicename=DomainWebService&PageName=Image&ID=7&Parent=15766299&Action=23059652 |access-date=June 17, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721033807/http://apps.alameda.courts.ca.gov/domainweb/service?Servicename=DomainWebService&PageName=Image&ID=7&Parent=15766299&Action=23059652 |archive-date=July 21, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}{{cite news |url=http://www.ktvu.com/news/24118174/detail.html |title=EXCLUSIVE: Years After Trial, Reiser Talks Life In Prison |date=May 2, 2010 |publisher=KTVU San Francisco |access-date=June 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110630002021/http://www.ktvu.com/news/24118174/detail.html |archive-date=June 30, 2011}} In February 2011, he was transferred to Pleasant Valley State Prison.{{cite web |title=Change of address |url=http://apps.alameda.courts.ca.gov/domainweb/service?ServiceName=DomainWebService&TemplateName=jsp/imgviewer.html&rofadt=03/01/11&Action=25651013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317091158/http://apps.alameda.courts.ca.gov/domainweb/service?ServiceName=DomainWebService&TemplateName=jsp%2Fimgviewer.html&rofadt=03%2F01%2F11&Action=25651013 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 17, 2012 |publisher=Alameda Courts |df=mdy-all }} In 2020, Reiser was housed at the Correctional Training Facility near Soledad, California. As of November 2021, he is in the California Health Care Facility.{{cite web|title=California Incarcerated Records and Information Search (CIRIS)|url=https://ciris.mt.cdcr.ca.gov/details?cdcrNumber=G31008 | access-date = November 27, 2024}}

In September 2011, Hans Reiser filed a civil lawsuit. In his complaint, he named more than 70 defendants, including trial judges and his attorney, William Du Bois. He claimed, among other things, that his attorney had conspired with the judge to file motions against him, which were impossible to appeal, and that his attorney had forced him to take the stand against his will.{{cite magazine |title=Linux Guru Hans Reiser Demands New Murder Trial|url=https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/09/reiser-seeks-new-trial/ | magazine=Wired | first=David |last=Kravets |date=September 29, 2011}}Reiser v. Du Bois et al, no. 11-CV-04735, N.D. California (filed September 27, 2011), retrieved from [https://ecf.cand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl PACER] July 19, 2012 The lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice.{{cite web|title=ORDER OF DISMISSAL|url=http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/california/candce/3:2011cv04735/245784/83|website=justia.com|publisher=United States District Court Northern District of California}}

In July 2012, a jury awarded Reiser's children $60 million against their father for the death of Nina Reiser. Hans Reiser acted as his own attorney during the trial and tried to argue that he killed his wife to protect their children.{{cite news |author1=Fernandez Lisa |author2=Chuang, Stephanie |date=July 17, 2012 |title=Software guru ordered to pay $60 million to his kids over wife's death |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/software-guru-ordered-pay-60-million-his-kids-over-wifes-flna889606 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103230235/http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/07/17/12794688-software-guru-ordered-to-pay-60-million-to-his-kids-over-wifes-death |archive-date=January 3, 2013 |access-date=July 19, 2012 |work=MSNBC}}{{Clear}}

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• [http://idiom.com/~beverly/hans_resume.html Hans Reiser's resume] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101022216/http://idiom.com/~beverly/hans_resume.html |date=January 1, 2018 }}
• [http://www.stanford.edu/class/ee380/Abstracts/051026.html The Reiser4 Filesystem: Ways In Which Extra Rigor In Scientific Methodology Can Consume Years Of Your Life, And How The Result Can Be So Very Worthwhile] – lecture given by Hans Reiser at Stanford University
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20120317091152/http://apps.alameda.courts.ca.gov/domainweb/service?ServiceName=DomainWebService&TemplateName=jsp%2Fcomplitaction.html&CaseNbr=RG08406864&CurrBatchNbr=1 Current filings] – for the civil wrongful death lawsuit in the Alameda county courts
• Hans Reiser's [https://ftp.mfek.org/Reiser/Letters/№2%20Hans→Fred/reiser_response.pdf open letter] to the Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML) in November 2023.

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