[Openicc] Fwd: R.I.P. mrdocs (1963--2019)

[Kai-Uwe Behrmann]

We learned that Peter Linnell has faded away. I will keep him in memory
for his inspiring and encouraging spirit. Thank you Peter, for giving
the initial impulse to the OpenICC list.

Kai-Uwe Behrmann


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Betreff: 	[CREATE] R.I.P. mrdocs (1963--2019)
Datum: 	Fri, 22 Mar 2019 00:20:49 +0100
Von: 	"Christoph Schäfer" <christoph-schaefer at gmx.de>
An: 	CREATE at lists.freedesktop.org, Inkscape-devel at lists.sourceforge.net,
scribus at lists.scribus.net, scribus-dev at lists.scribus.net



The Scribus Team is deeply saddened to announce the loss of our friend
and colleague Peter Linnell who in the end lost his long battle against
cancer.


It is no understatement to say that without Peter Scribus wouldn't be
what it is today. It was Peter who spotted the potential of Franz
Schmid's initially humble Python program and, as a pre-press consultant
at the time, contacted Franz to make him aware of the necessities of
PostScript and PDF support, among other things. Peter also wrote the
first version of the Scribus online documentation, which resulted in his
nickname "mrdocs" in IRC and elsewhere. Until recently, and despite his
detoriating health, Peter continued to be involved in building and
releasing new Scribus versions.


Scribus was the project he helped to set on track and which marked the
beginning of his journey into the world of Free Software development.
While it remained at the heart of his commitments to Open Source in
general and Libre Graphics software in particular, Peter contributed to
Free Software in many other ways as well. For example via contributions
to projects related to freedesktop.org, as a package builder of many
Free programs for several Linux distributions on the openSUSE Build
Service, and later as an openSUSE board member. Peter was also crucial
in bringing the Libre Graphics community together by way of sharing his
expertise with other graphics-oriented projects and his assistance in
organzing the first Libre Graphics Meetings. In the sometimes ego-driven
and often emotional world of Open Source development, Peter managed to
get along very well with almost everybody and never lost his sense of
humour.


We will remember Peter "mrdocs" Linnell for what he was: an optimist, an
incredible team player, an honest man and, above all, a friend.


Our thoughts are with his family.


March 2019,
The Scribus Team

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