9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I have to be honest[br]I'm really honored to be here 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I don't say that to just every conference[br]I care a lot about Debian 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 This is my 3rd Debconf I've ever been to.[br] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 There have been a lot of them so I [br]obviously haven't been to that many 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 But I was at Debconf1 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I just learned today that it was zero[br]based so that it wasn't the first Debconf 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 which I should have known but didn't for[br]some reason. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I was at the 2nd Debconf by accident[br]somewhat because I was going to Libre 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Software meeting and just happened to book[br]my flights so that I could be at Debconf as well 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I gave a regular track talk at Debconf10[br]about the GPL v3 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 because it was in New York City where I[br]was living at the time 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and here I'm giving an invited speaker[br]talk or a keynote or whatever else it is called here 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 That really means a lot to me. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I'm a fan of Debian, I'm a user of Debian. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I don't actually consider myself part of[br]the Debian community 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 because other than filing a few bugs[br]over the years 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I haven't contributed all that much to[br]Debian but I've relied on it and used it 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and been a fan of it for so long[br]that I really love your project. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 So I am really honored to be invited to[br]speak here 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and I really believe that Debian is a[br]very special project for a lot of reasons. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 First of all it has thrived for longer than almost any free software project in existence 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 in a lot of ways. There are top 10 lists of projects that Debian is certainly on as far as longevity goes, maybe the top 5 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 It's governance is one of the few 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 democratically elected and 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 democratically controlled 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 governance processes in free software 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Everyone is a fan of talking about this 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 'benevolent dictator' stuff 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 which I think is really horrible 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 The fact that somebody would call 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 themselves a 'self appointed benevolent 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 dictator for life' is really disturbing. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 You are democratic. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 You elect your leadership. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 You have referendums on major issues 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 that everyone can vote on. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 That is amazingly rare, impressive 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and important for free software. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 The other thing that really impresses me, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 in particular being somebody from the 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 non-profit world, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 is that Debian has been staunchly 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 non-commercial for it's entire existence 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Of course I don't mean that Debian 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 can't be used in commercial settings 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 DFSG free means that things can be put 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 into commercial products. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 What I mean is the project itself has 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 always been non-commercial, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 meaning that the people that work on it 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 are volunteering, and even if their 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 employers are paying them to work on it 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 they are part of a community 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and are not doing their work inside Debian 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 as officially part of 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 some commercial activity. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Most free software projects these days 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 are controlled by 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 some commercial entity or another. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Debian is not. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I was at Debconf1 which was really 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 exciting for me. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I was a young executive director of 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Free Software. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I showed this picture to Karen Sandler who 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I work with and said how different I look. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 She said I don't look different at all, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 but, speaking as the person that looks 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 at that face in the mirror every morning, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 there are a lot more lines on my face 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 than there. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 That is a smooth looking baby face that I 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 had 14 years ago that I don't have anymore 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I was pretty casual back then. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I'm not in short trousers any more. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 It's hard to see and 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 you can see it in some of the other photos 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 that I was. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Even in this heat I haven't worn short 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 trousers in a very long time. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [bdale heckles] What's that? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Bdale, I was thinking about mentioning you 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and now I have to because you are heckling 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 me [laughter]. Bdale is the one adult 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 in the room that can dress like 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 everyone else but I can't pull it off 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I respect Bdale that he can. [br]The tie-dye still works for him. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 And I stopped wearing t-shirts years ago 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and here I'm sweating in my long sleeves 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 halfway between hacker and suit attire. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 And there [in the photo] I'm talking to[br]Martin Michmayer 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I'm going to do questions at the end Lars.[br]I'm not good with questions because I[br]get off topic easy. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I left 17 minutes at the end for questions[br]which Bdale just took 3 of [laughter] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 There I'm talking to Martin Michlmayer[br]when I first met him. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 A lot of things have changed since I[br]looked at this photo. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 But one thing that hasn't changed[br]If you look, you see this face that Martin[br]is making. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 He still makes that face at me every time[br]I talk to him, which sort of says 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 "You do not know what you are talking[br]about" 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 That hasn't changed, which is good.[br][laughter]. I'm glad he is laughing in the[br]back there. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Some things have stayed the same.[br]Martin still thinks I'm full of it.[br]And I probably am, so that's ok. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I like people to keep me honest. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Other than jokes, the thing that hasn't[br]really changed since I was first[br]introduced to the Debian community 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 in person back in 2001, is the ethos of[br]this community is still the same one that[br]I remember 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 even though a lot of the developers[br]have changed.