Ean Schuessler is co-founder, with his brother Erik Schuessler, of Brainfood, Inc., a Dallas, Texas

Dallas, Texas

Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...

-based digital media consultancy. He is a long-time participant in the Debian

Debian

Debian is a computer operating system composed of software packages released as free and open source software primarily under the GNU General Public License along with other free software licenses. Debian GNU/Linux, which includes the GNU OS tools and Linux kernel, is a popular and influential...

 project and collaborated in the creation of the Debian Social Contract

Debian Social Contract

The Debian Social Contract is a document which frames the moral agenda of the Debian project. The values outlined in the Social Contract provide the basic principles for the rules set forth in the Debian Free Software Guidelines...

 which inspired the Open Source Definition

Open Source Definition

The Open Source Definition is a document published by the Open Source Initiative, to determine whether or not a software license can be labeled with the open-source certification mark....

. Schuessler also served as President of Software in the Public Interest

Software in the Public Interest

Software in the Public Interest, Inc. is a non-profit organization formed to help other organizations create and distribute free/open-source software and open-source hardware...

, an umbrella organization that holds property and provides other services for Debian and other Free Software organizations.

Schuessler and fellow employees competed in the 2001 and 2002 seasons of Battlebots

BattleBots

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, achieving a ranking of 35 in the middle class weight group.

External links

• Debian Social Contract with attribution to Ean Schuessler
• brainfood.com
• Linux Devices battlebots story
• First OFBiz talk delivered at JavaOne
• OFBiz talk delivered at Brazilian FISL conference