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.

Not to be confused with Ian Murdock.
Ian Jackson

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. "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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