Report for new developer applicant Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com>:
Summary: Accept
1. Identification & Background
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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
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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
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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
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I recommend Keith as a Debian developer.
Account: keithp
Forward-Email: keithp@keithp.com
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