“Open” is kinda buzzword these days – we heard a lot of “open source,” “open data,” “open government,” “open knowledge”… etc. from media, new projects, and business world. Many were trying to brand themselves with this word and gain people’s attention.
But what exactly is “open”?
As an open culture volunteer, I would like to address what we care about, the issues we are facing, and what we should expect when using the term.
“Open” is kinda buzzword these days – we heard a lot of “open source,” “open data,” “open government,” “open knowledge”… etc. from media, new projects, and business world. Many were trying to brand themselves with this word and gain people’s attention.
But what exactly is “open”?
As an open culture volunteer, I would like to address what we care about, the issues we are facing, and what we should expect when using the term.
The talk will be in Mandarin and designed for newcomers of the open culture world, but welcome to join the discussion even if you are a contributor for years. Most of the content comes from previous versions.
About 趙柏強 (Po-chiang Chao, BobChao)
Po-chiang Chao (aka. BobChao) started his Mozillian life as a volunteer since 2002 and then co-founded the community web site in 2004. He is mainly focused on contributor engagement, helping others achieve their goals on Mozilla projects.
Besides Mozilla, Bob was a translator of some technical books, the Development Manager of Creative Commons Taiwan, and then an User Experience Designer in ISOBAR. Also, he is a board member of the Open Culture Foundation and was the chief-organizer of the Conference for Open Source Coders, Users, and Promoters (COSCUP,) which is the largest FLOSS conference in Taiwan, during 2012-2014, and still serve as a core-contributor of the event.
Bob now works for KKBOX in a department that focuses on online ticket-selling service with a few products released under GPL, and active in many FLOSS events.