Ian Jackson

Ian Jackson is a long time free software author and Debian developer. Jackson wrote dpkg[1][2][3] (replacing a more primitive Perl tool with the same name), SAUCE (Software Against Unsolicited Commercial Email), userv and debbugs. He used to maintain the Linux FAQ. He runs chiark.greenend.org.uk, a Linux system which is home to PuTTY among other things.

Jackson has a PhD in Computer Science[4] from Cambridge University. He currently works for Citrix[5][6] and previously worked for Canonical Ltd.[7] and nCipher Corporation.[8]

Jackson became Debian Project Leader in January 1998, before Wichert Akkerman took his place in 1999.[9][2] Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 (hamm) was released during his term. During that time he was also a vice-president and then president of Software in the Public Interest in 1998 and 1999.

Jackson was a member of the Debian Technical Committee[10] until November 2014 when he resigned[11] as a result of controversies around the proposed use of systemd in Debian.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "dpkg/dpkg.git/blob - AUTHORS". anonscm.debian.org. 2010-02-20. Retrieved 2013-05-17.
  2. 1 2 "A Brief History of Debian: Chapter 4 - A Detailed History". Debian. 2013-05-04. Retrieved 2013-05-17.
  3. ↑ Perens, Bruce (1995-09-05). "redhat packaging system and dpkg". Retrieved 2013-05-17.
  4. ↑ "Who goes here ? Confidentiality of location through anonymity". chiark.greenend.org.uk. 1998-06-29. Retrieved 2013-05-17.
  5. ↑ Sharwood, Simon. "No, we're not sorry for Xen security SNAFUs says Ian Jackson". theregister.co.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "FOSDEM 2013 - Ian Jackson". fosdem.org. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  7. ↑ online, heise. "Künftiges Init-System der Linux-Distribution Debian: Zwischen Patt und allgemeiner Abstimmung". heise online (in German). Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  8. ↑ Hertzog, Raphaël; Mas, Roland (2015). The Debian Administrator's Handbook: Debian Jessie From Discovery To Mastery. Freexian. p. 99. ISBN 9791091414012. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  9. ↑ "Debian GNU/Linux -- Debian's Organizational Structure (05 December 2000)". Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  10. ↑ "Debian's Organizational Structure". Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  11. ↑ Jackson, Ian (19 November 2014). "Resignation". Debian Mailing List. Retrieved 19 November 2014. I am resigning from the Technical Committee with immediate effect. While it is important that the views of the 30-40% of the project who agree with me should continue to be represented on the TC, I myself am clearly too controversial a figure at this point to do so. I should step aside to try to reduce the extent to which conversations about the project's governance are personalised.
  12. ↑ Gold, Jon. "Open-source devs vote down anti-systemd measure, sponsor steps down". Network World. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
Preceded by
Bruce Perens		 Debian Project Leader
January 1998 – December 1998		 Succeeded by
Wichert Akkerman


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