The C implementation of dpkg was originally written by: Ian Jackson based on the Perl implementation by: Matt Welsh Carl Streeter Ian Murdock It is currently maintained by: Guillem Jover Brendan O'Dea Christian Perrier Frank Lichtenheld and has previously been maintained by: Scott James Remnant (2004-2005) Adam Heath (2001-2003) Wichert Akkerman (1999-2003) Ben Collins (1999-2001) Daniel Jacobowitz (1998) J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) (1998) James Troup (1998) Nils Rennebarth (1998) Klee Dienes (1997) Guy Maor (1997) Heiko Schlittermann (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.