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From punched cards to autonomous collaborators: the ideas, people, languages and systems that taught machines to follow—and increasingly interpret—human intent.

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Debian dpkg and APT: Turning Software Installation into Dependency Resolution

Debian's dpkg established managed binary packages, while APT added repository metadata, dependency solving and automated downloads to make whole-system upgrades practical.

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Debian’s Social Contract and the Idea That a Software Project Could Govern Itself in Public

Debian turned a Linux distribution into a constitutional community, publishing a Social Contract, Free Software Guidelines and formal governance rules for a project maintained by contributors rather than one company.

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