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\documentclass{beamer}

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% - Talk at a conference/colloquium.
% - Talk length is about 20min.
% - Style is ornate.



% Copyright 2004 by Till Tantau <tantau@users.sourceforge.net>.
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{
  \usetheme{Warsaw}
  % or ...

  \setbeamercovered{transparent}
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\usepackage[spanish,english]{babel}
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\usepackage{ucs}
\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}
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\usepackage{times}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
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% does not look nice, try deleting the line with the fontenc.


\title[Debian : a social success] % (optional, use only with long paper titles)
{Debian : a social success}

\subtitle
{How the Debian Project is moving from a technical success to a social
  success}

\author[Perrier, Sardi] % (optional, use only with lots of authors)
{Christian ~Perrier\inst{1} \and Niv ~Sardi\inst{2}}
% - Give the names in the same order as the appear in the paper.
% - Use the \inst{?} command only if the authors have different
%   affiliation.

\institute[ONERA, Jussieu, France] % (optional, but mostly needed)
{
  \inst{1}%
  Desktop systems Engineer\\
  Member of the Debian Project
  \inst{2}%
  Contributor of the Debian Project\\
  Student in Computer Science
}
% - Use the \inst command only if there are several affiliations.
% - Keep it simple, no one is interested in your street address.

\date[EM 2005] % (optional, should be abbreviation of conference name)
{Encuentro Mayo 2005, Santiago de Chile,\\ Universidad ARCIS}
% - Either use conference name or its abbreviation.
% - Not really informative to the audience, more for people (including
% yourself) who are reading the slides online

\subject{The Debian Project}
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% out. 



% If you have a file called "university-logo-filename.xxx", where xxx
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\logo{\pgfuseimage{debian-logo}}



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\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
  \titlepage
  
  \begin{center}
    \small{This talk is dedicated to René Cougnenc}
  \end{center}
\end{frame}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%page

\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{Who are we?}
  
  
  Christian Perrier
  \begin{itemize}[<+->]
  \item
    Desktop systems / Free Software expert at ONERA, FR
    \vspace{0.5cm}
  \item
    1994: GNU/Linux user
  \item
    mid-1996: Debian GNU/Linux user (Debian 1.1)
    \vspace{0.5cm}
  \item
    3/2000: Debian package maintenance (genealogy apps)
  \item
    7/2001: Debian developer
    \vspace{0.5cm}
  \item
    2002: increased participation in French localisation team
  \item
    2003: Debian Installer project i18n/l10n
  \end{itemize}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{Who are we?}
  Niv Sardi
  \begin{itemize}
  \item
    Student in Computing and Fundamental Mathematics in Jussieu university in Paris
    \vspace{0.5cm}
  \item
    1996: First GNU/Linux install on the family machine.
    \begin{itemize}
    \item
      One dead hard disk and a lot of trouble
    \end{itemize}
  \item
    2000: Debian user
  \item
    2004: First package in the Debian archive
  \item
    2005: Applied as Debian ``New Maintainer''
    
  \end{itemize}
\end{frame}


%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%page

\section{General description of the Debian project}

\subsection{What is Debian?}

\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{``The project is an association of individuals who have made common cause to create a free operating system''}
  \begin{itemize}[<+->]
  \item
    One of the most popular Linux distributions
  \item
    11 architectures, over 14,000 packages
  \item
    Completely open volunteer association
  \item
    International: 976 developers overs 52 countries
  \item
    Focused on Freedom
  \item
    Three foundation documents...
  \end{itemize}
\end{frame}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% frame

\subsection{The Debian Foundations}
\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{Debian Social Contract}
  %\pause
  \begin{itemize}[<+->]
  \item
    Debian permanecerá 100\% software libre\\
    \small{Debian will remain 100\% free software}
    %\pause
  \item 
    Devolveremos a la Comunidad del Free Software\\
    \small{We Will Give Back to the Free Software Community}
    %\pause
  \item
    No esconderemos las problemas
    \begin{itemize}
    \item
      We Won't Hide Problems
    \end{itemize}
    %\pause
  \item 
    Nuestras prioridades son nuestros usuarios y el software libre
    \begin{itemize}
    \item
      Our Priorities are Our Users and Free Software
      %\pause
    \end{itemize}
  \item
    Trabajos que no siguen nuestros estándares de software libre
    \begin{itemize}
    \item
      Programs That Don't Meet Our Free-Software Standards
      %\pause
    \end{itemize}
  \end{itemize}
\end{frame}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%frame

\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{The Debian Free Software Guidelines}
  %\pause
  \begin{itemize}[<+->]
  \item
    Free Redistribution
    %\pause
  \item
    Source Code
    %\pause
  \item
    Derived Works
    %\pause
  \item
    Integrity of The Author's Source Code (a compromise)
    %\pause
  \item
    No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups
    %\pause
  \item
    No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor
    %\pause
  \item Distribution of License
    %\pause
  \item
    License Must Not Be Specific to Debian
    %\pause
  \item License Must Not Contaminate Other Software
    %\pause
  \item Example Licenses
    \begin{itemize}
    \item
      GPL, BSD, Artistic, several others
    \item
      GFDL?...Sorry, folks, I'm not a lawyer
    \end{itemize}
  \end{itemize}
\end{frame}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%frame
\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{Constitution}
  %\pause
  \begin{itemize}[<+->]
  \item
    Describes the organisational structure
    %\pause
  \item
    Does not describe the goals of the Project
    %\pause
  \item
    No policies except for decision-making processes
    %\pause
  \item
    Division of Powers
    \begin{itemize}
    \item
      Developers
    \item
      Technical Committee
    \item
      Project Secretary
    \item
      Project Leader
    \item
      Delegates
    \end{itemize}
    %\pause
  \item
    Voting processes widely respected
  \end{itemize}
\end{frame}


%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%frame

\subsection{The Debian important documents}
\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{The Debian Policy}
  %\pause
  \begin{itemize}[<+->]
  \item
    Describes the technical structure
    %\pause
  \item
    Structure and contents of the Debian archive
    %\pause
  \item
    Design issues of the operating system
    %\pause
  \item
    Enforces design issues on software packages
  \end{itemize}
\end{frame}
    %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 
%frame
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{The Developers Reference}
%\pause

\begin{itemize}[<+->]
  \item
    Information about technical and non technical issues
    %\pause
  \item 
    Recommended procedures
    \begin{itemize}
    \item
      Becoming a maintainer
    \item
      Creating new packages
    \item
      Uploading packages
    \item
      Handling bug reports
    \item
      Moving/Removing/Renaming...packages
    \item          
      Porting packages
      %\pause
    \end{itemize}
  \item
    Available resources
    \begin{itemize}
    \item 
      Mailing lists
    \item 
      Servers
    \item
      Debian archive
    \item 
      QA tools
    \end{itemize}
  \end{itemize}
\end{frame}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%frame

\subsection{The Debian community}
\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{The people}
  %\pause
  \begin{itemize}[<+->]
  \item
    Developers
    \begin{itemize}
    \item 
      Students
    \item 
      System admins
    \item 
      Technical engineers
    \item 
      Managers				
    \end{itemize}
    %\pause
  \item
    Future developers
    \begin{itemize}
    \item
      the long, boring, discouraging(?) NM process
    \end{itemize}
    %\pause
  \item
    Contributors
    \begin{itemize}
    \item
      Co-maintainers
    \item
      Translators
    \item
      Expert users		
    \end{itemize}
    %\pause
  \item
    Users
  \end{itemize}
\end{frame}


\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{Methods}
  %\pause
  \begin{itemize}[<+->]
  \item
    Electronic communication
    \begin{itemize}
    \item
      E-Mail
    \item
      Mailing lists
    \item
      IRC
    \end{itemize}
    %\pause
  \item
    Real life events
    \begin{itemize}
    \item
      Formal and informal gathering
    \item
      Participation in LUG
    \end{itemize}
    %\pause
  \item
    Conferences
    \begin{itemize}
    \item
      Annual Debian Conference
    \item
      Other major events (LinuxTag, FOSDEM, FISL, LCA...)
    \item
      Exhibitions
    \end{itemize}
  \end{itemize}
\end{frame}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\begin{frame} 
  \frametitle{Motivations}
  %\pause
  \begin{itemize}[<+->]
  \item
    Technical excellence
    %\pause
  \item
    Free software commitment
    %\pause
  \item
    Mutual enrichment
    %\pause
  \item
    Cultural diversity
    %\pause
  \end{itemize}
  \begin{center}
    Often more than everything...
    {\Huge{ Fun!}}
    %\pause

    And probably never..
    \large{
      Money!
    }
  \end{center}
\end{frame}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

\section{The project successes ... and weaknesses}
\subsection{Successes}

\begin{frame} 
  \frametitle{Technical excellence}
  %\pause
  \begin{itemize}[<+->]
  \item
    Easy maintenance
    %\pause
  \item
    "The Universal OS" : ports
    %\pause
  \item
    Implements standards
    %\pause
  \item
    Impact on Free Software development
    \begin{itemize}
    \item
      (distro of choice for FS developers)
    \end{itemize}
  \end{itemize}
\end{frame}
 
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\begin{frame} 
  \frametitle{Free software commitment}
  %\pause
  \begin{itemize}[<+->]
  \item
    Debian Free Software Guidelines
    %\pause
  \item 
    Social Contract
    %\pause
  \item
    Often raises issues about licensing
    \begin{itemize}
    \item
      firmware licensing
    \item
      GFDL issues
    \end{itemize}
  \end{itemize}
\end{frame}
 
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\begin{frame} 
  \frametitle{Mutual enrichment}
  %\pause
  \begin{itemize}[<+->]
  \item
    The Debian community
    \begin{itemize}
    \item
      Wide
    \item
      Rich
    \item
      Constantly moving
    \item
      Debian users and developers grow up together
    \end{itemize}
	%\pause	
  \item
    Upstream interaction
    \begin{itemize}
    \item
      Improve code portability
    \item
      Debian Policy and commitment to Linux Standards Base
    \end{itemize}
  \end{itemize}
\end{frame}
      
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\begin{frame} 
  \frametitle{Cultural diversity}
  %\pause
  \begin{itemize}[<+->]
  \item
    Worldwide project
    %\pause 
  \item
    Globalisation infrastructure and support
    %\pause
  \item
    Increasing localisation resources
    %\pause
  \end{itemize}

    %\pause
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\end{frame}

\subsection{\dots and weaknesses}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\begin{frame} 
  %\pause
  \begin{itemize}[<+->]
  \item
    The mammoth effect
    %\pause
    \begin{itemize}[<+->]
    \item
      over 950 developers
      %\pause
    \item
      over 14000 packages
      %\pause
    \item
      no long-term release plan
      %\pause
    \item
      The limits of electronic communication
      %\pause
    \item
      Release of not Release?
      %\pause
    \item
      Software/Hardware vendors support
      %\pause
    \item
      Lack of official existence
    \end{itemize}
  \end{itemize}
\end{frame}

\section{Debian and information technology universal access}
\subsection{universal access ?}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\begin{frame} 
  \frametitle{Free Software, Debian and IT universal access}

  Christian's new articles to the
    Universal declaration of Human Rights
    %\pause
  \begin{itemize}
  \item
    "Everyone has the right to equal access to information society"
    %\pause
  \item
    "Everyone has the right to take part in software development, with
    and through freely chosen software"
  \end{itemize}
\end{frame}


%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\begin{frame} 
  \frametitle{The keys for (universal) access}
  %\pause
  \begin{itemize}[<+->]
  \item
    Independence
    %\pause
  \item
    Enthusiasm (strength and weakness?)
    %\pause
  \item
    Personal philosophy of project members
    %\pause
  \item
    Technical excellence
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}

\subsection{The Debian way to universal access}
\begin{frame} 
  Debian, FS, and universal access
  %\pause
  
  \begin{itemize}[<+->]
  \item
    Not driven by commercial interest
    %\pause
  \begin{itemize}[<+->]
  \item
    no need to give away "educational" licences
    %\pause
  \item
    no need to sign agreement with research organisations
    %\pause
  \item
    no need to encourage piracy
\end{itemize}
    %\pause
  \item
    Not driven by political interest, only political ideas
    %\pause
  \item
    no backdoors
    %\pause
  \item
    ni discrimination
    %\pause
  \item
    Implement open standards and don't make claims on them
    %\pause
  \end{itemize}
  
    %\pause
  \pgfdeclareimage[width=5cm]{banana}{banana}
  \pgfuseimage{banana}
  
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\end{frame}
\begin{frame} 
  \frametitle{Debian will spread out the world}

  \begin{itemize}[<+->]
  \item
    3 years ago: The Phantom Menace
    %\pause
  \item
    2003: The Empire Strikes back : the Redhat effect
    %\pause
  \item
    2004: The Return of the Jedi
    %\pause
    \begin{itemize}
    \item
      Wide scale Debian-based FS projects explode
      %\pause
    \item
      The Ubuntu effect
      %\pause
    \end{itemize}
  \item
    2006 and later: A New Hope
  \item
    World domination? 
  \end{itemize}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame} 
  \frametitle{World domination?}
  
  % center, image "developers.map.png" 0 100 100 1
  \begin{center}
    \pgfdeclareimage[width=8cm]{developers-map}{developers.map}
    \pgfuseimage{developers-map}
    %\pause
    Not yet...
  \end{center}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame} 
  \frametitle{World domination HOWTO}
  \begin{itemize}[<+->]
  \item
    Widen Debian boundaries
  \item
    Improve legal existence
  \item
    Bring visible support	
  \item
    Get credibility in corporate/governmental environments
  \item
    Targets specific fields of interest
  \end{itemize}
\end{frame}%

\begin{frame} 
  \frametitle{Key targets}
  %\pause
  \begin{itemize}[<+->]
  \item
    Home users
    %\pause
  \item
    Education
    \begin{itemize}
    \item
      Skolelinux
    \item
      gnuLinex
    \item
      PingOO
    \item
      And all nice stuff I just learned about yesterday..:-)
      %\pause
    \end{itemize}
  \item
    Electronic government
    %\pause
  \end{itemize}
\end{frame}

\section{Globalisation of free software : a key point}

\begin{frame} 
  \frametitle{Globalisation???}
  \begin{itemize}[<+->]
  \item
    Internationalisation (i18n)
    \begin{itemize}
    \item
      Get software ready to work with different languages in different countries
      %\pause
    \end{itemize}
  \item
    Localisation (l10n)
    \begin{itemize}
    \item
      Translate software and documentation to different languages
      %\pause
    \end{itemize}
  \item
    Multilingualisation (m17n)
    \begin{itemize}
    \item
      Bring support for many languages at the same time
    \end{itemize}
    \item
      \Large{Globalisation}
      
  \end{itemize}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame} 
  \frametitle{Localisation : key to access}
  \begin{itemize}[<+->]
  \item
    NOT EVERY SYSTEM ADMIN speaks English
      %\pause
    \begin{itemize}[<+->]
    \item
      System installation
      %\pause
    \item
      More translated documentation
      %\pause
    \end{itemize}
  \item
    Users want to use their language
      %\pause
    \begin{itemize}[<+->]
    \item
      Assist end-user applications developers
      %\pause
    \item
      Enforce localisation of desktop environments
      %\pause
    \item
      Participate in Free Software translation projects
      %\pause
    \end{itemize}
  \item
    Some general numbers
    \begin{itemize}
    \item
      468 languages in the world
    \item
      110 languages represented in Free Software translations
    \end{itemize}
      
  \end{itemize}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame} 
  \frametitle{Localisation in Debian}
 \begin{itemize}[<+->]
  \item
    Installer in 41 languages, 55\% of the world population
    \begin{itemize}
    \item
      9 more under work (bump to 70\%)
    %\pause
    \end{itemize}
 
  \item
    Web site in 26 languages
  %\pause
  \item
    Debian packages installation screens
    \begin{itemize}
    \item
      65 languages represented
    \item
      10 over 30\% (fr, de, ja, cs, pt\_BR, nl, da, es, ca, it)
  %\pause
    \end{itemize}

  \item
    Key applications ready for very wide localisation
      
  \end{itemize}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame} 
  \frametitle{The Spanish language in Debian}
  \begin{itemize}[<+->]
  \item
    In the top translation teams in Debian
    \begin{itemize}
    \item
      Debconf translations: 36\%
    \item
      Third language in overall statistics for programs translations
    \item
      Web site translation: 68\%
    \end{itemize}
  %\pause
  \item
    No duplicate effort Spain/Latin America
  %\pause
  \item
    Strong inducted effect from wide-scale projects in Spain...
  %\pause
  \item
    ...and even stronger soon from projects in Latin America?
      
  \end{itemize}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame} 
  \frametitle{Latin America and Debian}
  \begin{itemize}
  \item
    14 developers in Brazil (1 more soon)
  \item
    1 in Argentina (5 more soon)
  \item
    2 in Colombia (2 more soon)
  \item
    2 in Uruguay
  \item
    1 in Chile (1 more soon)
  \item
    1 soon in Peru
  \item
    1 in Mexico
      
  \end{itemize}
\end{frame}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%page
\section{Contribute to Debian}

\begin{frame}
	\frametitle{Who can contribute to Debian?}
  \begin{itemize}[<+->]
	%\pause
  \item
	Basically everybody
	  \begin{itemize}[<+->]
	  \item
	%\pause
		NO, not only highly skilled "geeks"
		  \item
		%\pause
		YES, contribution is also:
		  \begin{itemize}[<+->]
		  \item
			Documentation, Quality Assurance, Bug triage
		  \item
			did I forget something?
		  \item
	%\pause
			Translations
		  \end{itemize}
	  \end{itemize}
  \end{itemize}

    \Large{Don't forget half of the world}
  \pgfuseimage{dw}
\end{frame}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%page

\begin{frame}
	\frametitle{The Debian women project}
  \begin{itemize}[<+->]
	%\pause
  \item
	Women in IT and free software
	  \begin{itemize}[<+->]
	%\pause
	  \item
		Computer Science undergraduates: 10-20\%
	%\pause
	  \item
		IT professionnals: 20-35\%
	%\pause
	  \item
		Free software development: 1.5\%
	%\pause
	  \item
		Debian: less then 1\% (4 out of 975)
	  \end{itemize}
	%\pause
  \item
	Project started in 2004
	  \begin{itemize}[<+->]
	%\pause
	  \item
		Balance and diversify Debian
	%\pause
	  \item
		Encourage more women to participate
	%\pause
	  \item
		Discuss related issues
	  \end{itemize}
	%\pause
  \item
	One year of successes
	  \begin{itemize}[<+->]
	%\pause
	  \item
		Several online tutorials handled
	%\pause
	  \item
		8 women in new maintainer process
	%\pause
	  \item
		Chair of the Debian Project Leader debate
	%\pause
	  \item
		Strong and friendly community
	  \end{itemize}
  \end{itemize}
\end{frame}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%page

\begin{frame}
	\frametitle{How \textbf{you} can help Debian}
  \begin{itemize}[<+->]
  \item
	Use Debian GNU/Linux!
  \item
	Report bugs, offer solutions.  We like patches!
  \item
  Work in %(wo)Manpower-hungry areas
	  \begin{itemize}
	  \item
		documentation
	  \item
		testing	
	  \item
		web pages
  	\end{itemize}
	  \item
	Non technical activities
	  \begin{itemize}
	  \item
		Promote the project
	  \item
		Lobbying
	  \end{itemize}
  \end{itemize}

%If you are capable, committed, and want to maintain packages or do other work for Debian, you can become a...
%%\pause
%pause
%Debian Developer.
\end{frame}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%page

\begin{frame}
	\frametitle{Gracias}

\begin{itemize}[<+->]
\item
Bdale Garbee, Martin Michlmayr, Gunnar Wolf, Hanna Wallach, Erinn Clark 
for stolen ideas in their own talks
	%\pause
\item
All 976 Debian developers who made this possible
	%\pause
\item
All thousand of users who are our reason to work

%\pause
\item
Yourselves for supporting my miserable English

	%\pause
\item
My wife who accepts having her
husband fly to the other side of the planet for the Debian Project
\end{itemize}

\end{frame}


\end{document}