Frank Karlitschek Explained
Frank Karlitschek (born 25 July 1973) is a German open source software developer living in Stuttgart, Germany.[1]
Karlitschek argues on his blog that "Privacy is the foundation of democracy."[2] [3] He says that people should have a basic right "to control their own data in the Internet age."[4]
Free software
Karlitschek is a KDE contributor since 2001 when he mainly worked in web community and artist team. He is a member of the KDE e.V. since 2003. In summer 2009 he was elected as a board member and vice president of KDE e.V.[5]
In 2001, Karlitschek started KDE-Look.org.[6] At Akademy 2008, Karlitschek presented the vision of the Social Desktop for the KDE project.[7] Karlitschek further started the Open-PC and the Open Collaboration Services projects. He is also a cohost of RadioTux, the biggest German Linux Podcast. In 2012, Karlitschek started the User Data Manifesto initiative.[8]
Karlitschek gives keynotes at conferences like LinuxCon,[9] Latinoware,[10] openSUSE Conf,[11] and Akademy.[12]
ownCloud
In 2010, Karlitschek started the ownCloud project during a CampKDE keynote[13] and released the version 1.0 in June 2010.[14] He was the project leader and maintainer.
In 2011, Karlitschek co-founded ownCloud Inc. to offer an enterprise version of ownCloud. He served as the CTO and oversaw the product development and community relations.[15]
In April 2016, Karlitschek left ownCloud Inc.[16]
Nextcloud
In June 2016, five weeks after leaving ownCloud, he started Nextcloud, a fork of ownCloud.[17] [18]
Notes and References
- Web site: Warum der Softwareaktivist gegen Microsoft mobilisiert. Handelsblatt.
- Web site: What's next for the privacy-conscious ownCloud project | Opensource.com. Don. Watkins. opensource.com.
- Web site: Frank Karlitschek_ » The privacy endgame . 5 May 2016 . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20160505204611/http://karlitschek.de/2016/02/the-privacy-endgame/ . May 5, 2016 .
- Web site: User data manifesto seeks to give people control of their data. .
- News: KDE e.V. Elects New Board of Directors. Sebastian Kügler. KDE.NEWS. KDE. 2009-07-07. 2011-05-14.
- News: The Person Behind KDE-Look.org and KDE-Apps.org. Fabrice Mous. KDE.NEWS. KDE. 2004-01-28. 2011-05-14.
- Web site: Presentation of the Social Desktop as keynote of the Akademy 2008 from Frank Karlitschek . 2011-05-14 . 2011-07-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110725052647/http://akademy2008.kde.org/conference/presentation/40.php . dead .
- News: The User Data Manifesto. Karlitschek. Karlitschek. Karlitschek. 2012-10-19. 2014-09-07.
- News: The Linux Foundation Announces Early Keynote Speaker Line Up for LinuxCon and CloudOpen Europe. Linux Foundation. Linux Foundation. Linux Foundation. 2014-07-01. 2014-09-07. 2014-09-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20140907143454/http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/announcements/2014/07/linux-foundation-announces-early-keynote-speaker-line-linuxcon. dead.
- News: LatinoCLOUD. Latinoware. Latinoware. Latinoware. 2012-09-04. 2014-09-07. 2016-03-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20160326224910/http://2012.latinoware.org/latinocloud-2/. dead.
- News: Frank Karlitschek Introduces Bretzn. Jos Poortvliet. KDE.NEWS. KDE. 2010-11-02. 2014-09-07.
- News: Community Congregation. Anika Kehrer. Linux Magazin. Linux Magazin. 2008-08-01. 2014-09-07.
- News: Camp KDE 2010 Continues with More Talks. Frank Karlitschek. KDE.NEWS. KDE. 2010-01-21. 2014-09-07.
- News: ownCloud 1.0 is here. Frank Karlitschek. blog. Karlitschek. 2010-06-24. 2014-09-07.
- News: Well we did it and happy Holidays. Markus Rex. blog. Karlitschek. 2011-12-23. 2014-09-07.
- News: big changes: I am leaving ownCloud, Inc. today. Frank Karlitschek. blog. 2016-04-27. 2016-06-02.
- News: Nextcloud. Frank Karlitschek. blog. 2016-06-02. 2016-06-02.
- News: OwnCloud founder forks popular open-source cloud. Steven Vaughan-Nichols. ZDNet. 2016-06-02. 2022-06-19.
