SpaciousCoder78

I don't like the "Open-Source" approach that most projects these days take. My philosophy closely aligns with Debian's Free Software Guidelines (DFSG), which is the reason why I spend more time with Debian.

I'm an engineer first, developer second, so I always prefer to license my research or scientific work under BSD. I believe research shouldn't be disturbed by politics, and derivative works should be usable by others regardless of whether they disclose modifications.

I have, as a young teenager, never cared about open source or free software. The only thing I knew was tinkering with electronics and playing games. The first piece of free software that I probably used was VLC Media Player, followed by Ubuntu 16 (which I accidentally bricked).

It wasn't until 2020 during my late teens that I discovered the browser wars and ditched Chrome to move to Firefox. Writing code was foreign to me until I learnt Python in high school.

It all changed in 2024 with my visit to UbuCon Asia 2024. I learnt that there's an entire community out there working on OS development. I began contributing to Ubuntu and Linux Mint via translations.

Later, during a Research Internship, I created a debugging tool called quickoverflow. I reached out to the Debian community for help distributing it, and unknowingly, I became a Debian packager. I ended up packaging a lot of Python libraries into Debian and soon extended my contributions to FreeBSD ports as well.