Ian Jackson (computer programmer)

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Ian Jackson is a longtime 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.

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As of October 2021, he works for the Tor Project. [4] [5] He has previously worked for Citrix, [6] [7] Canonical, [8] and nCipher. [9]

Jackson became Debian Project Leader in January 1998, and Wichert Akkerman took his place in 1999. [10] [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 received a PhD in Computer Science from Cambridge University in 1998. His PhD thesis was entitled Who goes here ? Confidentiality of location through anonymity. [11]

Jackson was a member of the Debian Technical Committee [12] until November 2014 when he resigned [13] as a result of controversies around the proposed use of systemd in Debian. [14]

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  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. ↑ Jackson, Ian. "diziet | Going to work for the Tor Project". diziet.dreamwidth.org. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
  5. ↑ "Tor Project | Software Developer, Rust". 2021-07-21. Archived from the original on 2021-07-21. Retrieved 2022-05-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ↑ Sharwood, Simon. "No, we're not sorry for Xen security SNAFUs says Ian Jackson". The Register . Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  7. ↑ "FOSDEM 2013 - Ian Jackson". fosdem.org. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Künftiges Init-System der Linux-Distribution Debian: Zwischen Patt und allgemeiner Abstimmung". Heise Online (in German). 20 January 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ "Debian GNU/Linux – Debian's Organizational Structure (05 December 2000)". Archived from the original on 5 December 2000. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  11. ↑ Jackson, Ian (1998-06-29). Who goes here ? Confidentiality of location through anonymity. Cambridge University . Retrieved 2013-05-17– via chiark.greenend.org.uk.
  12. ↑ "Debian's Organizational Structure". Debian . Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  13. ↑ 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.
  14. ↑ Gold, Jon (19 November 2014). "Open-source devs vote down anti-systemd measure, sponsor steps down". Network World . Retrieved 18 September 2018.
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