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Karl Fogel is an open source developer, author, and copyright reform activist. After working on CVS and writing "Open Source Development With CVS" (Coriolis, 1999), he went to CollabNet, Inc as a founding developer in the Subversion project. Based on his experiences there, he wrote "Producing Open Source Software: How to Run a Successful Free Software Project" (O'Reilly, 2005). After a brief stint as an Open Source Specialist at Google in 2006, he left to found QuestionCopyright.org. He currently serves as the Open Development Specialist at Civic Commons, a board member for the Open Source Initiative, and executive director of QuestionCopyright.org. He writes and speaks regularly on copyright, open source, and the application of open source principles both inside and outside the area of software. His home page is red-bean.com/kfogel.

Karl Fogel also serves as President of the board.