Stefano Zacchiroli (born 16 March 1979) is an Italian and French academic and computer scientist who lives and works in Paris, and a former Debian Project Leader.
Stefano Zacchiroli | |
|---|---|
 Stefano, 4 April 2018 | |
| Born | 16 March 1979 |
| Citizenship | Italian, French |
| Alma mater | University of Bologna |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science |
| Institutions | Télécom Paris |
| Website | upsilon |
Debian involvement
editZacchiroli became a Debian Developer in 2001. After attending LinuxTag in 2004, he became more involved in the Debian community and the project itself, eventually being elected as DPL in 2010, succeeding Steve McIntyre, a position in which he served from April 2010 to April 2013. In April 2011, he was re-elected unopposed as project leader.[1] He was himself succeeded by Lucas Nussbaum in an election where he himself was no longer a candidate.
Free and Open Source Career
editIn 2015, O'Reilly presented an open source award to Zacchiroli.[2]
In 2016, Zacchiroli founded the Software Heritage project together with Roberto Di Cosmo.[3]
He was a director of the Open Source Initiative from 2014 to 2017[4] and is currently a member of Free Software Foundation's High Priority Projects committee.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Debian Project Leader Election 2011 Results". Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- ^ "O'Reilly Open Source Awards - OSCON 2015". YouTube. O'Reilly. 24 July 2015. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "Software Heritage People". Retrieved 20 November 2016.
- ^ "OSI Board Changes 2014". 9 April 2014. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Committee begins review of High Priority Projects list -- your input is needed". 8 December 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
External links
edit- Zacchiroli's home page
- 2010 DPL campaign platform
- How Debian has grown: Stefano Zacchiroli speaks, iTWire, May 2012
- Keeping 1000 devs focused: new Debian leader speaks, iTWire, April 2010