Open Source Hong Kong (OSHK) is a technology organization and community in Hong Kong, established by a group of open source contributors and users. It aims to foster the development of the open source community.
Open Source Hong Kong is an Affiliate Member of the Open Source Initiative (OSI) and a Community Member of Open Invention Network (OIN). OSHK also partners with various organizations locally and overseas.
OSHK can be reached by email.
History
In 2006, the domain name of Open Source Hong Kong – opensource.hk was registered by our founder, Mr. Sammy Fung, to promote the open source software, and to share the news of the open source community on its website. The following year, our founder restarted community meetings for GNOME, Linux, Mozilla and open source topics for local members and overseas visitors.
Since 2011, some friends at OSHK have visited overseas conferences and communities every year, e.g., COSCUP.
After the success of GNOME Asia Summit 2012 organized by OSHK in Hong Kong, OSHK established the Hong Kong Open Source Conference in 2013.
The first executive committee was formed in 2014. In the same year, OSHK joined forces with other tech organizations to establish the Hong Kong Creative Open Technology Association (HKCOTA), which serves the accounting arrangement for some of the OSHK activities. In addition, OSHK hosted its first Open Data Day hackathon to begin its involvement in the local open data movement and express its opinions to the government.
PyCon HK was established by OSHK in 2015 and OSHK registered as an organization under Cap. 151 Society Ordinance in Hong Kong, registration number 54617.
The FreeHKFonts ( 自由香港字型 ) project joined OSHK in 2016 and its website is hosted by OSHK.
OSHK became an Affiliate Member of Open Source Initiative in 2019, and a Community Member of Open Invention Network in 2020.
Entering the next decade of HKOSCon, OSHK handed over the leading organizer role to HKCOTA in 2023 and continues to suborganize the event.
