Hello, Your email is highly insensitive due to impeccable timing.
At the present moment Debian project mourns the passing of Ian Murdock. https://bits.debian.org/2015/12/mourning-ian-murdock.html A lot of Debian Developers and the wider Debian community have great respect for the amazing things that happened, thanks to Ian starting the Debian project. Furthermore, his family has made an explicit call for privacy during this difficult time for them, and we shall respect that. The email you have sent violates that. In Russian culture, one says good things about those who have passed away, and remains silent about everything else. -- Regards, Dimitri.