[Netzwelt] Debian-Gründer tot

Stille Trauer im Hause der Linux-Distribution Debian. Am 28.12. beging "das -ian in Debian", Ian Murdock, im Alter von 42 Jahren nach bisheriger Darstellung Suizid. Auf seinem inzwischen gelöschten Twitter-Account verfasste er kurz vor seinem Tod die Ankündigung und klagte in einem Dutzend Tweets tätliche Übergriffe und Machtmissbrauch der Polizei an.
Ian legte nach der Entdeckung des Torvalds-Projektes "Linux" durch die Verschmelzung des Kernels mit Stallmanns GNU-Softwarepaket den Grundstein für eine der bedeutendsten Distributionen und war drei Jahre lang der leitende Kopf hinter dem Projekt. Er engagierte sich in diversen anderen Linux- und OpenSource-Projekten, zeigte sich später bei der Linux-Foundation für die Entwicklung der Linux Standard Base 3.1 mitverantwortlich und leitete ab 2007 das Sun-Microsystems-Projekt Indiana, welche Sun Solaris und Linux zueinander kompatibler gestalten sollte. Zuletzt arbeitete er bei Docker.
Er hinterlässt seine (seit 2007 geschiedene) Ex-Frau Debra und drei Kinder, sowie natürlich sein inzwischen erwachsenes "erstes Kind" Debian und dessen mannigfaltige Nachkommenschaft.


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[wellen]

Hier seine letzten Tweets. Sehr strange die Geschichte:

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[Vark]

Hier seine letzten Tweets. Sehr strange die Geschichte:

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Update [January 1, 2016]: A police spokesperson confirmed to Bay City News that Murdock had been arrested in the early morning hours of December 27, after a series of incidents.

At 11:30 PM on the 26th, police were called about someone attempting to break into a home. They found Murdock yelling on the street outside a residence, and held him for questioning because he matched the description of the person described by the caller. According to San Francisco police spokeswoman Officer Grace Gatpandan, Murdock appeared to be drunk, and was hostile to the police--resisting as he was put into the back of a patrol car and then beating his head against the metal cage between the front and back seats of the vehicle. The police officers pulled him from the car to keep him from harming himself further and called for paramedics, who took him to the hospital.

At 2:40 AM on Monday, the police were called again to the same address, with the caller stating that Murdock had come back and was banging on the door and yelling. He once again fought with police while they made an effort to detain him. To prevent him from coming back yet again, they arrested him for resisting arrest, assaulting emergency personnel, and two other misdemeanors. Gatpandan told Bay City News that he was again examined by medics and cleared for release when he made bail. At no point, she said, did he indicate that he was suicidal.

Later on Monday, police were called back to Murdock's neighborhood on the 2400 block of Green Street in San Francisco and found Murdock dead, apparently after committing suicide.

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Wow, was war an dem Tag mit ihm los?

 

[LouisG]

Gibt es eine seriöse Quelle?

 

[Metal_Warrior]

@LouisG:
Wieso? Gefällt dir der offizielle Debian-Blog und arstechnica etwa nicht?

 

[widarr]

Tja, ein typischer Fall von Selbstmord

"I'm going to commit suicide..."