Frank Karlitschek

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Frank Karlitschek (born July 25, 1973 in Reutlingen ) is a German open source software developer from Stuttgart , known as the founder and developer of the cloud software ownCloud (2010) and its fork Nextcloud (2016).

Life

Frank Karlitschek studied computer science at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen .

Free software / KDE

From 1998 to 2004 Frank Karlitschek headed a web development team at an internet agency and started the community website KDE-Look.org and later GNOME-Look.org in the summer of 2001 in order to stimulate and expand the open development process for free software projects . Over time, these projects grew more and more on and with other projects (e.g. KDE-Apps.org). In 2007 he founded his first startup hive01 GmbH and started openDesktop.org as a website network for over twenty sub-projects (KDE-Look.org, KDE-Apps.org, GNOME-Look.org, Open-PC and others). From July 2009 to February 2012 he was a member of the board and vice-president of KDE eV The openDesktop.org platform was taken over by KDE eV in 2016 to give Karlitschek the opportunity to devote himself to the cloud projects OwnCloud and Nextcloud.

Owncloud

In January 2010 Karlitschek started the free software project ownCloud as part of a CampKDE keynote and published version 1.0 in June 2010. In November 2011, he co-founded ownCloud Inc., which provided commercial support for ownCloud. He served as CTO , leading product development and community relations. At the end of April 2016, Karlitschek left ownCloud Inc.

Nextcloud

Five weeks later, in June 2016, Karlitschek started the Nextcloud fork, which should take the interests of the developer and user community into account more than ownCloud. Almost the entire development team switched to Nextcloud GmbH, which supports the project commercially.

further activities

Karlitschek is an activist for the protection of privacy and has launched several initiatives to make the Internet safer and more federal. Examples of this are the social desktop concept in 2008 , the Open Collaboration Services in 2009 and the "User Data Manifesto" in 2012 and the "User Data Manifesto 2.0" in 2015. His blog is headlined with the statement "Privacy is the foundation of democracy." Karlitschek is a regular keynote speaker at various conferences such as LinuxCon, Latinoware, openSUSE Conf and the KDE Akademy.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fabrice Mous: The Person Behind KDE-Look.org and KDE-Apps.org. January 28, 2004, accessed April 4, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Frank Karlitschek: openDesktop.org 15 years in review. January 13, 2016, accessed April 4, 2020 .
  3. ^ Sebastian Kügler: KDE eV Elects New Board of Directors. In: KDE.NEWS. KDE, July 7, 2009, accessed April 4, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Ferdinand Thommes: KDE-Look.org KDE software store reissued as. In: Pro-Linux.de. Pro-Linux.de, September 5, 2016, accessed April 4, 2020 .
  5. ^ Frank Karlitschek: Camp KDE 2010 Continues with More Talks. In: KDE.NEWS. KDE, January 21, 2010, accessed April 4, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Frank Karlitschek: ownCloud 1.0 is here. June 24, 2010, accessed April 4, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Markus Rex: Well we did it and happy Holidays. December 23, 2011, accessed April 4, 2020 .
  8. ^ Frank Karlitschek: big changes: I am leaving ownCloud Inc. today. April 27, 2016, accessed April 4, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Frank Karlitschek: Next Cloud. June 2, 2016, accessed April 4, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Hans-Joachim Baader: Nextcloud starts fork of Owncloud. In: Pro-Linux.de. Pro-Linux.de, June 2, 2016, accessed April 4, 2020 .
  11. ^ What's next for the privacy-conscious ownCloud project. Retrieved April 4, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Frank Karlitschek_ The privacy endgame. February 21, 2016, accessed April 4, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Presentation of the Social Desktop as keynote of the Akademy 2008 from Frank Karlitschek. Retrieved April 4, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Presentation of the Open Collaboration Services and the social desktop on the KDE website with a view of the future of the project. May 1, 2009, accessed April 4, 2020 .
  15. ^ Frank Karlitschek: The User Data Manifesto. October 19, 2012, accessed April 4, 2020 .
  16. ↑ "User Data Manifesto 2.0"
  17. ↑ Florian Kalenda: User Data Manifesto 2.0 demands control over one's own data. ZDNet, August 31, 2015, accessed April 4, 2020 .
  18. ↑ Björn Schießle: User Data Manifesto 2.0. Netzpolitik.org, August 29, 2015, accessed April 4, 2020 .
  19. ^ Frank Karlitschek: Frank Karlitschek_. Retrieved April 4, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Linux Foundation: The Linux Foundation Announces Early Keynote Speaker Line Up for LinuxCon and CloudOpen Europe. In: Linux Foundation. Linux Foundation, July 1, 2014, accessed September 7, 2014 .
  21. ↑ Latinoware: LatinoCLOUD. In: Latinoware. Latinoware, September 4, 2012, accessed September 7, 2014 .
  22. ^ Jos Poortvliet: Frank Karlitschek Introduces Bretzn. In: KDE.NEWS. KDE, November 2, 2010, accessed September 7, 2014 .
  23. ^ Anika Kehrer: Community Congregation. In: Linux Magazin. Linux Magazin, August 1, 2008, accessed September 7, 2014 .

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SURNAME Karlitschek, Frank
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German open source developer (Nextcloud)
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Reutlingen