Ian Jackson
Not to be confused with Ian Murdock. Ian Jackson is a long time free software author and Debian developer. Jackson wrote dpkg (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 popular server, home to PuTTY among other things. Jackson has a PhD in Computer Science from Cambridge University. He currently works for Citrix and previously worked for Canonical Ltd. and nCipher Corporation. Jackson became Debian Project Leader in January 1998, before Wichert Akkerman took his place in 1999. Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 (hamm) was released during his term. Jackson was vice-president and then president of Software in the Public Interest in 1998 and 1999. He was a member of the Debian Technical Committee until November 2014.