Hi! I'm Paul Tagliamonte, but my friends call me paultag. I'm running for an
OSI affiliate member seat this winter.

About Me

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I'm a 25 year old software hacker currently living in Washington DC. I've been
using GNU/Linux on the desktop on every machine I've owned, since primary
school. I've been involved with the Free and Open Source community for over
10 years now, and an active contributor for the last 7 years.

Most of my current F/OSS work is working on Debian, Ubuntu, Fluxbox and a
handful of smaller Python projects (in particular, my dayjob is working
on openstates, as well as
a Lisp to Python bytecode compiler called Hy).

My time in Debian is spent working on the
Debian FTP Team, the team responsible for
interpreting the Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG), and maintaining
the archive. I maintain a handful of packages, such as
Docker, Fluxbox, and
golang. You can find a full list of packages I'm
currently maintaining at my
DDPO.

During the day, I work as a Software Engineer for the nonpartisan nonprofit,
the Sunlight Foundation. I'm fortunate
enough to work at a place which is F/OSS by default, and uses high technology
to help enable citizens to better enagage with their Government. My work focuses
around modling the Legislative processes that exist within the US on the
Federal, State and Municipal level.

Why I'm running

I've always been thrilled with the OSI's ability to engage with the private
sector, and help ensure that organizations know that honoring user freedom is
not incompatable with the comercial software industry. I've always seen OSI,
the FSF and Debian as the three major organizations that define what it means
to be Free / Open Source, and if elected, I intend to work to find consensus
that allows us all to work in a more coherent and tight-knit way.

I believe that my time working on the ftpteam will allow me to provide the
Debian perspective from within discussions, rather than waiting for external
feedback on digests of discussion.

I'm also interested in finding ways we can collectively work to provide
helpful guides and resources for organizations that wish to adopt an Open
Source policy. I've been seeing quite a few go up, and starting to put
together recommendations for such documents would be powerful.

If elected, I'd be honored to help continue to fight for the user, and
advocate for consistency in F/OSS messaging. I would welcome your support!

Thanks so much for reading, and I'm happy to answer questions over
email.