ep30 - Rufus Pollock: Backstory on how the Open Knowledge Foundation was created

Rufus Pollock, he is the founder and president of the Open Knowledge Foundation, which is a network of not for profits in dozens of countries that helped to pioneer Open Data and continue to create a more open World. They are responsible for creating the Open Data Index, Open Spending which is the largest open database of public financial information in the world, and CKAN, the World’s leading open source data portal platform.

Today Rufus tells us the backstory on how the Open Knowledge Foundation was created and how it was strongly influenced by the free and open source software movement from the 1990s, as well as a little known fella named William Tyndale. A scholar who was put to death after he translated the bible into English.

You can read more about the "Theory of Change" on this blog post written by Rufus:

https://blog.okfn.org/2012/09/13/managing-expectations-ii-open-data-technology-and-government-2-0/

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Stories from the Open Gov is a podcast published by www.reopengov.org and is dedicated to telling the stories about what Open Government & Open Data look like.

Your host is Richard Pietro, an Open Government & Open Data practitioner for the past 10 years. Listen and learn how Open Government & Open Data are becoming a reality!

MUSIC ATTRIBUTION - Introduction & conclusion
Singing Sadie - I Can't Dance
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