[Apache] Where did "Karma" come from?

First reference to karma on an apache mailing list:
http://markmail.org/message/jrp2vtljf5ot3phf

Next clue, the following post points to CVS as a possible source:

http://markmail.org/message/gieddyl4tmqupezt

Wading through the CVS archives, It looks like we have a person named dprice (Derek Price?) to blame at the very least for checking in a contribution into CVS:

http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/cvs/ccvs/contrib/cvs_acls.in?annotate=1.1&hideattic=0
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/cvs/ccvs/contrib/cvs_acls.in?hideattic=0&view=log#rev1.1