foss on government policy, industry adoption, campus promotion and community development in taiwan

■ Richard Lin 林旅強 (legist 強 )

■ [email protected]

■ http://about.me/richard.lin

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FOSS on Government Policy, Industry Adoption, Campus Promotion and Community Development in Taiwan

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Hong Kong Open Source Conference 2013香港開源年會 2013/10/19 Sat. 14:00-14:30

■ Government Policy

■ Industry Adoption

■ Campus Promotion

■ Community Development

■ Conclusion




Abstract

AbstractAbstract

■ During 2003 to 2013, FOSS has been playing a more important role in government, ITC industry, school and community in Taiwan in the decade gradually.

■ In this talk, I will introduce the development of FOSS from public sector, ITC industry, academic and educational circle, and community aspects, including the problem and difficulty we face and the result of our work.

■ In addition, I also talk about the future from the observation of the facts and context mentioned above.

About Me

About MeAbout Me

■ Name / Nickname■ Richard Lin 林旅強 (legist 強哥 )

■ Position■ Legal Specialty / Campus & Community Promoter

in OSSF, CITI, Academia Sinica

中研院資創中心自由軟體鑄造場法政研究 / 校園暨社群推廣者■ Publish (in Chinese)

■ Legal Issues On OSS commercial application

– 開放源碼軟體商業應用之法律爭議及其可能之解決途徑■ Empowering Citizens with Data: An Open Government Data Handbook

– 藏智於民：開放政府資料的原則與現況 (slides share)

http://www.slideshare.net/legist/ss-27158291

About OSSF 自由軟體鑄造場 Open Source Software Foundry

What does OSSF do?What does OSSF do?

■ OpenFoundry: ■ a project hosting platform for FOSS developers to

upload and use the open source code and collaborate with each other, like SourceForge, Google Code and GitHub.


■ Out-reach & Promotion:■ Hold workshops, lectures and speeches of FOSS■ Help and foster FOSS communities in Taiwan■ Co-operate with university professors in courses of

computer science and open source


■ Who's Who: ■ a FOSS developers' list where the content is filled

with by themselves■ Bi-weekly News E-letter in Chinese■ License and Policy Research and Consultation

■ Deal with the questions from government, corporations, schools, community members

■ Publish legal essays in OSSF legal column monthly

AbstractAbstract

Academic Institute /

Schools

CommunitiesIndustry

Manufacturer

Government

DisclaimerDisclaimer

■ This slides are published by and reflects the personal views of Richard Lin, in his individual capacity.

■ It does not represent the views of Taiwan government.

Here we go!





■ Conclusion




GovernmentGovernment

■ Why did Taiwan government think highly of FOSS?■ No royalty of licensing

– Manufacturers need “cost down” to survive.– Schools need “cost down” to save budget.

■ Freedom– Researcher need freedom to study.


■ What did the gov do?■ Board of Science and Technology, Executive Yuan,

BOST 行政院科技會報 ( 行政院科技顧問組 )

■ Academia Sinica 中央研究院– Institute of Information Science, IIS 資訊科學研究所

■ Ministry of Economic Affairs, MOEA 經濟部– Industrial Development Bureau, IDB 工業局

■ Institute for Information Industry, III 資訊工業策進會


■ What did the gov do?

■ National Science Council, NSC 國家科學委員會– Current sponsor of OSSF

■ Academia Sinica 中央研究院– Institute of Information Science, IIS 資訊科學研究所– Research Center for Information Technology Innovation,

CITI 資訊科技創新研究中心


■ What did the gov do?

■ Ministry of Education, MOE 教育部– Information Technology Software Academy, ITSA

教育部資訊軟體人才培育計畫– OSS Application Consulting Centre, OSSACC

教育部校園自由軟體數位資源推廣服務中心


■ Difficulty■ Achievement





■ Conclusion




Industry AdoptionIndustry Adoption

■ The main industry in Taiwan is Information and Communication Technology.

■ There are few software companies in Taiwan, most of the ICT companies are OEM/ODM hardware manufacturers.

■ TW companies use open source software, because we don't want to pay license royalty instead of


■ To open or not to open, that is NOT a question...


■ To open or not to open, that is NOT a question...■ Until lose the cases...

Harald Welte v. D-link

BusyBox v. 14 companies

2006

2009



2006

2009

Welte v. D-Link (2006)Welte v. D-Link (2006)

German Branch

msdosfs, initrd, mtd1. A part of Linux kernel2. Copyright holders:

Werner Almesberger (Austria)David Woodhouse (UK)Harald Welte (Germany)

Use source code


Harald Welte

Ask



German Branch

RepresentativeAuthorization

Use source code


Harald Welte

Ask



German Branch

???I don't know what you're saying...


Use source code


Harald Welte




German Branch

FrankfurtDistrict Court

Sue

Infringement

Use source code


Harald Welte




German Branch

FrankfurtDistrict Court

Sue

Infringement

Allcustomers

Use source code

1. open source codes

2. GPL notification

damages

BusyBox v. 14 companies 2009

Busybox v. 14 companies (2009)Busybox v. 14 companies (2009)

Defenders are 14companies

Busybox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single small executable.

Licensed under GPL-2.0.

Copyright holder:● Erik Anderson (US)● Other developers

Use source code

B est B uy , Sa msun g, W est in ghou se,

JVC, W D , R obert B osch , Phoebe Mi rcro, Hum an x,

Comt ren d ( 康全科技 ) , D obbs-S tan df ord, Versa ,

Z yxel ( 合勤科技 ) , Astak , GCI






Use source code






Use source code

United StatesDistrict ofNew York

Sue

Erik AndersonFree Software Conservancy






Use source code

Erik AndersonFree Software Conservancy

United StatesDistrict ofNew York

Sue

1. Many upstream OEMs/ODMs Manufacturers are Taiwan Companies.2. 13 companies settled out of courtor are working with FSC.3. The court is ordering Westinghouse topay $90,000 in damages and to give theHDTVs that include the BusyBox code to the Conservancy.


■ To open or not to open, that is NOT a question...■ Until lose the cases...



2006

2009

TW OSS CompanyTW OSS Company

Training

Consulting

Outsourcing

Compatability of LicensesCompatability of Licenses

© David A. Wheeler, The Free-Libre / Open Source Software (FLOSS) License Slide, September 27, 2007, available at: http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/floss-license-slide.html.

You may use, modify, and/or redistribute this document under the Creative Commons “Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License”; the GNU Free Documentation License; or the GNU GPL (version 2 or later). This information is believed to be correct, but is not legal advice; for formal legal advice, please consult an attorney.

林旅強，從 Copyleft 看自由開源軟體授權相容性

http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/floss-license-slide.html

http://www.openfoundry.org/tw/legal-column-list/8710





■ Conclusion




Campus Promotion of OSSFCampus Promotion of OSSF

■ Workshop, speech in campus■ Collaboration with members of FOSS communities

in TW■ Technical■ Copyright & license

■ Free to Join, free to learn■ Foster FOSS coders and promoters in TW


■ Open source courses in university

■ Partner: National Cheng Kung University, NCKU 成功大學資工系– Open Source Software Development and Community

Promotion 自由軟體開發與社群發展

■ Partner: National Chi Nan University, NCNU 暨南大學資管系– Open Source Application 開源軟體應用


■ Conference■ Students' Information Technology Conference,

SITCON 學生計算機年會– Partner: ITSA, SITCON community

■ Hackathon

■ SITCON HackGen Hackathon 駭客世代黑客松– Partner: National Cheng Chi University, NCCU 政治大學

資科系 , ITSA, SITCON community

Campus PromotionCampus Promotion

■ Government Sponsored■ ITSA, MOE

– Fairly distribute and allocate educational resource to many universities and colleges 雨露均霑

– Taiwan Summer of Code 軟體創作達人暑期成長營


■ Government Sponsored■ OSSACC, MOE

– ezgo● http://dot.kde.org/2013/10/02/ezgo-free-and-open-source-soft

ware-taiwans-schools

– ezgo 軍師團 community

– Education edition for elementary and high school


■ Self-drive■ Students' communities like SITCON■ Community members in Campus

– Jim Huang, jserv 黃敬群● FOSS developer and entrepreneur● NCKU 成功大學資工系

– Mathew Lien, BlueT, 練喆明● National Chi Nan University, NCNU 暨南大學資管系

– Open Source Application 開源軟體應用





■ Conclusion




Communities in TaiwanCommunities in Taiwan

■ Hacking Thursday, TOSSUG (Taipei OSS User Group), Study Area ( 酷 ! 學園 ), Ubuntu.tw, MozTW, Gnome.tw, WoFoss, OpenLab Taipei, EZGO, KLUG (Kaohsiung Linux User Group), MOSUT, OpenStreetMap, Wikipedia...

– 可參考： https://ossf.hackpad.com/OSSF-KAlTM1FfNFk

■ More than 80% community activities are held in Taipei.

https://ossf.hackpad.com/OSSF-KAlTM1FfNFk

社群參與社群參與


http://moztw.org/events/moztw-lab/#location Friday night

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http://moztw.org/events/moztw-lab/#location


http://www.hackingthursday.org/ Every Thursday night


http://www.hackingthursday.org/


http://blog.tossug.org/ Tuesday night

http://blog.tossug.org/

Conferences in TaiwanConferences in Taiwan

■ COSCUP (Conference for Open Source Coders, Users and Promoters, 開源人年會 )

■ OSDC (Open Source Developer Conference)

■ HITCON (Hacks in Taiwan Conference, 駭客年會 )

■ WebConf■ JSDC (JavaScrip Developer Conference)■ PyCon (Python Conference)■ PHPConf (PHP Conference)■ RubyConf (Ruby Coference)


■ FreedomHEC (Freedom Hardware Engineer Conference)

■ RubyConf■ DrupalCamp■ JS Carnival■ Firefox/Ubuntu Release Party

■ MozTW 連續聚

Community DevelopmentCommunity Development

■ “Community” is a required element to build a healthy circumstance of FOSS.

■ Let me tell a story about TW FOSS communities' development in these 10 yrs.


Software Liberty Association in Taiwan, SLAT

Open Source Software Foundry, OSSF

2001

2003


International Conference on Open Source, ICOS

Conference for Open Source Coders, Users and Promoters, COSCUP

2001

2006



2006 200- attendees



2006

2013 1800 attendees

Tickets are sold out within 47 sec.

200- attendees


■ “Community” is a required element to build a healthy circumstance of FOSS.

■ It's hard to build communities by government itself.■ Government should incubate communities by

establishing an infrastructure.





■ Conclusion




ConclusionConclusion

■ Open Source benefits everything.■ Lack of “culture of contribution” and “hacker culture”■ Community is a long-term support of FOSS.■ Open Data Movement in TW is like the past 10 yrs of

Open Source Movement.

License

■ This slides are licensed under creative commons – attribution – share alike 3.0 unported.

■ Richard Lin (legist) 2013, FOSS on Government Policy, Industry Adoption, Campus Promotion and Community Development in Taiwan

