Tom Lane (computer scientist)

Thomas G. Lane is a computer scientist dedicated to open-source software. In a 2000 survey he was listed as one of the top ten contributors to an intended-to-be-representative sample of open-source software, having contributed 0.782 percent of the total code. His contributions include organizing the Independent JPEG Group, serving as a member of the core steering committee of PostgreSQL, co-authoring the Portable Network Graphics specification, serving on the Tagged Image File Format advisory committee, and contributing to the Ptolemy Project.