Report for new developer applicant Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com>: Summary: Accept 1. Identification & Background ------------------------------ Check with key ID 0x096C4DD3: ID Check passed, key signed by developer Russel Coker, among others. Output from keycheck.sh 096C4DD3: Receiving and checking key pub 1024D/096C4DD3 2001-08-07 Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com> Key fingerprint = 3B31 C0AD 093B 6CCD 3C63 81CE 429F 015B 096C 4DD3 sig!3 096C4DD3 2001-08-07 Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com> sig!3 096C4DD3 2001-08-07 Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com> sig!3 87B1CFB5 2004-01-26 Horms <horms@vergenet.net> sig!2 8E7C03FF 2004-01-27 Matthew Wilcox <willy@debian.org> sig!3 F5C75256 2004-01-18 Russell Coker <etbe@debian.org> sig! 3D08B612 2004-01-16 Mark Purcell <msp@debian.org> sig!2 A7D91602 2004-01-25 Andrew Pollock <andrew.pollock@member.sage-au.org.au> sig!2 DE89C75C 2004-01-25 Sam Couter <sam@couter.dropbear.id.au> sig!3 3CED7EFD 2004-02-15 Daniel Stone <daniel@fooishbar.org> sig!3 096C4DD3 2004-02-14 Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com> uid Keith Packard <keithp@xfree86.org> sig!3 096C4DD3 2001-09-21 Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com> sig!3 F5C75256 2004-01-18 Russell Coker <etbe@debian.org> sig!3 3CED7EFD 2004-02-15 Daniel Stone <daniel@fooishbar.org> uid Keith Packard <keithp@freedesktop.org> sig!3 096C4DD3 2004-02-14 Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com> sub 1024g/8A12F354 2001-08-07 sig! 096C4DD3 2001-08-07 Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com> 17 signatures not checked due to missing keys Let's test if its a version 4 or greater key Key is ok Applicant writes: I have been a free software developer for a while now. I had my own PDP-11 and hacked on Unix from v6 through BSD 2.9. I hacked on gdb and gcc in the early years, developing the NS 16032 support for gdb which is probably still shipped with the gdb releases. In 1988, I went to work for the MIT X Consortium where I participated in the development of X11 for four years. I plan on continuing to develop the X Window System and ensure that the software meets the needs of the Debian community. I am currently working closely with the Debian X maintainers and expect to adopt some of those Debian packages, especially those for which I am the primary author. I have been working with Branden Robinson to identify licensing problems in the current X window system sources. I plan on ensuring that the core X packages remain DFSG-free by soliciting license changes, deleting offending code or spliting packages apart and moving pieces to non-free. As the upstream maintainer for a number of these packages, I believe I can provide unique value to the Debian project in it's goal to ship clearly licensed software in compliance with the Debian Free Software Guidelines. I admit to being a relative Linux newbie; I first installed Slackware 2.0 with kernel 1.1.18 around 1995 or so. I had dismissed it several years earlier as a cheap minix knock-off, and continued to use Unix workstations. It took the efforts of a friend to demonstrate the utility of a system for which full source code was available, and from there it was straight downhill through Slackware to RedHat and finally Debian where I've stayed ever since. I can't quite find a good answer to why I want to write open source software; it's like asking why I want to spend time breathing. As to why I want to volunteer with the Debian project, that's partially pragmatic -- other developers have convinced me that it's far easier to get the kind of Debian packages you want for your own software if you just build them yourself. It's also a sense of responsibility; I lean on the efforts of hundreds of other Debian developers and feel like I should carry some of the load, at least the parts that I'm capable of. 2. Philosophy and Procedures ----------------------------- Keith has a flawless understanding of Debian's philosophy, as well as a good understanding of procedures. He provided acceptable answers to all my questions about the Social Contract, DFSG, BTS, and other Debianisms. 3. Tasks and Skills ------------------- Keith does not maintain a package in the Debian archive, though he does have a package of nickle prepared for upload. He also answered my other questions regarding T&S without problems. 4. Recommendation ----------------- I recommend Keith as a Debian developer. Account: keithp Forward-Email: keithp@keithp.com
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