It is a community made up entirely of both users and people dedicated to the development of free software (usually operating systems). This project arose in 1993 through a call made by Ian Murdock to software developers, in order for them to contribute their ideas on issues related to the separation of free from non-free software and its distribution. This group of people initially had as monetary collaborators for another organization dedicated to the development of free software called Free Software Foundation, their ideas were closely related to the GNU operating system. Over the years the Debian project has grown, so far there are more than a thousand developers that make up this initiative.
Debian is a voluntary project, which is based on three documents created at its foundation, these are the Debian Social Contract, its guidelines and finally its constitution. In the first one, the reasons why the project arises and why its collaborators come together are made clear. In the guidelines, the guidelines for such software are made clear and the software that can be admitted to be distributed is dictated, without neglecting the rules to the contrary mentioned above. Finally, there is the Constitution for Debian, which contains the organizational structure of the organization, regarding formal decision-making within it.
Currently Debian is made up of more than a thousand people, each one with their role within the project, in their different areas. Debian has a mail system where bugs can be reported, in addition to being read by the entire community, thus being able to facilitate the work, through communication between developers and users, other forms of communication of this The same type can include IRC and Freenode, since these platforms have a large number of users and developers. In cases where a decision is requiredn Regarding a solution for a specific problem, it can be done at the initiative of a developer, however a choice must be made where the Schulze method is used to determine its approval or not.
