Ian Jackson Explained

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.

Jackson has a PhD in Computer Science[4] from Cambridge University. As of October 2021, he works for the Tor Project.[5] [6] He has previously worked for Citrix[7] [8] for Canonical Ltd.[9] and nCipher Corporation.[10]

Jackson became Debian Project Leader in January 1998, before Wichert Akkerman took his place in 1999.[11] [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[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. Web site: dpkg/dpkg.git/blob - AUTHORS . 2010-02-20 . anonscm.debian.org . 2013-05-17.
  2. Web site: A Brief History of Debian: Chapter 4 - A Detailed History. 2013-05-04. Debian. 2013-05-17.
  3. Web site: redhat packaging system and dpkg. Bruce. Perens. 1995-09-05. 2013-05-17.
  4. Web site: Who goes here ? Confidentiality of location through anonymity. chiark.greenend.org.uk. 1998-06-29. 2013-05-17.
  5. Web site: diziet Going to work for the Tor Project . 2022-05-20 . diziet.dreamwidth.org.
  6. Web site: 2021-07-21 . Tor Project Software Developer, Rust . 2022-05-20 . 2021-07-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210721200208/https://www.torproject.org/about/jobs/rust-dev/ . bot: unknown .
  7. Web site: Sharwood . Simon . No, we're not sorry for Xen security SNAFUs says Ian Jackson . theregister.co.uk . 18 September 2018 . en.
  8. Web site: FOSDEM 2013 - Ian Jackson. fosdem.org. 10 April 2015.
  9. Web site: online . heise . Künftiges Init-System der Linux-Distribution Debian: Zwischen Patt und allgemeiner Abstimmung . heise online . 20 January 2014 . 18 September 2018 . de-DE.
  10. Book: Hertzog . Raphaël . Mas . Roland . The Debian Administrator's Handbook: Debian Jessie From Discovery To Mastery . 2015 . Freexian . 9791091414012 . 99 . 18 September 2018 . en.
  11. Web site: Debian GNU/Linux -- Debian's Organizational Structure (05 December 2000). https://web.archive.org/web/20001205041300/http://www.debian.org/intro/organization. dead. 5 December 2000. 21 September 2018 . en-gb.
  12. Web site: Debian's Organizational Structure. 13 June 2013.
  13. Web site: Debian Mailing List . Resignation . Jackson . Ian . 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. . 19 November 2014.
  14. Web site: Gold . Jon . Open-source devs vote down anti-systemd measure, sponsor steps down . Network World . 19 November 2014 . 18 September 2018 . en.

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