The C implementation of dpkg was originally written by: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> based on the Perl implementation by: Matt Welsh <mdw@sunsite.unc.edu> Carl Streeter <streeter@cae.wisc.edu> Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.org> It is currently maintained by: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> and has previously been maintained by: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> (2008-2015) Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org> (2006-2008) Frank Lichtenheld <djpig@debian.org> (2006-2009) Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org> (2006-2007) Scott James Remnant <scott@netsplit.com> (2004-2005) Adam Heath <doogie@brainfood.com> (2001-2003) Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org> (1999-2003) Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org> (1999-2001) Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org> (1998) J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) <jdassen@wi.LeidenUniv.nl> (1998) James Troup <jjtroup@comp.brad.ac.uk> (1998) Nils Rennebarth <nils@debian.org> (1998) Klee Dienes <klee@debian.org> (1997) Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu> (1997) Heiko Schlittermann <hs@schlittermann.de> (1996) Countless other people have contributed to dpkg (see THANKS) and provided code for which they claim copyright (see debian/copyright). Many thanks to them all.