Scott James Remnant
Encyclopedia
Scott James Remnant is an open source
software developer.
Scott is a former employee of Canonical Ltd.
where he worked as the "Ubuntu Developer Manager" on the Ubuntu
Linux distribution
. He continues to be a member of the Ubuntu Technical Board where he approves feature specifications, sets priorities, and directs development of Ubuntu as part of the four-person technical board.
Scott is the author of the Upstart
initialization system and the Planet
weblog
aggregation system. In addition to his work on Ubuntu, Scott served as a long-time Debian
developer where he maintained libtool
, the dpkg
package management system, and several other important packages. Scott resigned from Debian in 2006.
In January 2011, Scott left Canonical Ltd.
and relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area to join Google, Inc.
where he continues his work on Upstart
.
gay
, and believes it important to be so to encourage others coming to terms with their sexuality to feel comfortable in the open source
community.
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
software developer.
Scott is a former employee of Canonical Ltd.
Canonical Ltd.
Canonical Ltd. is a private company founded by South African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth to market commercial support and related services for Ubuntu Linux and related projects. Canonical is registered in London and employs staff around the world...
where he worked as the "Ubuntu Developer Manager" on the Ubuntu
Ubuntu (operating system)
Ubuntu is a computer operating system based on the Debian Linux distribution and distributed as free and open source software. It is named after the Southern African philosophy of Ubuntu...
Linux distribution
Linux distribution
A Linux distribution is a member of the family of Unix-like operating systems built on top of the Linux kernel. Such distributions are operating systems including a large collection of software applications such as word processors, spreadsheets, media players, and database applications...
. He continues to be a member of the Ubuntu Technical Board where he approves feature specifications, sets priorities, and directs development of Ubuntu as part of the four-person technical board.
Scott is the author of the Upstart
Upstart
Upstart is an event-based replacement for the traditional init daemon — the method by which several Unix-like computer operating systems perform tasks when the computer is started. It was written by Scott James Remnant, a former employee of Canonical Ltd....
initialization system and the Planet
Planet aggregator
In online media, Planet is a feed aggregator application designed to collect posts from the weblogs of members of an Internet community and display them on a single page. Planet runs on a web server. It creates pages with entries from the original feeds in chronological order, most recent entries...
weblog
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
aggregation system. In addition to his work on Ubuntu, Scott served as a long-time Debian
Debian
Debian is a computer operating system composed of software packages released as free and open source software primarily under the GNU General Public License along with other free software licenses. Debian GNU/Linux, which includes the GNU OS tools and Linux kernel, is a popular and influential...
developer where he maintained libtool
Libtool
GNU Libtool is a GNU programming tool from the GNU build system used for creating portable compiled libraries. To quote the introduction in the :Libtool is typically used with Autoconf and Automake, two other tools of the GNU build system....
, the dpkg
Dpkg
dpkg is the software at the base of the Debian package management system. dpkg is used to install, remove, and provide information about .deb packages....
package management system, and several other important packages. Scott resigned from Debian in 2006.
In January 2011, Scott left Canonical Ltd.
Canonical Ltd.
Canonical Ltd. is a private company founded by South African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth to market commercial support and related services for Ubuntu Linux and related projects. Canonical is registered in London and employs staff around the world...
and relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area to join Google, Inc.
Google
Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
where he continues his work on Upstart
Upstart
Upstart is an event-based replacement for the traditional init daemon — the method by which several Unix-like computer operating systems perform tasks when the computer is started. It was written by Scott James Remnant, a former employee of Canonical Ltd....
.
Personal life
Scott is openlyComing out
Coming out is a figure of speech for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people's disclosure of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity....
gay
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
, and believes it important to be so to encourage others coming to terms with their sexuality to feel comfortable in the open source
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
community.