Hi Dan, On 07/27/2016 09:23 PM, Clarke, Daniel (US - Arlington) wrote: > My name is Dan and I have been given the following task by my client: > What is the history of Debian, and, specifically, whether there is a > central authority that publishes patches and what is their credibility? the history can be found here https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/ The other questions seem to be answered already. Have fun. -- hgb