Florian Effenberger

Florian has been a free and open source enthusiast since 2004. He works for The Document Foundation, the nonprofit behind LibreOffice and previously volunteered in marketing and infrastructure. As a student, he designed educational computer systems for schools, including software deployment based on free software and was a frequent contributor to a variety of professional magazines worldwide on topics such as free software, open standards and legal matters. A proud uncle, he loves to spend time with the family and occasionally blogs about various topics, including community building, free and open source software and computer networks. Based around Munich, he helped to create the local open source meetings and shaped the tasty idea of open source cooking.

Talk at SFSCON

• Edition 2024
  What the open source community means to me

  Some very personal thoughts on why contributing can enrich your life
• Edition 2023
  Community tidbits

  How to keep free software projects happy and healthy
• Edition 2022
  On communities, cooperation and charities

  Lessons learned from 18 years engagement with open source and free software
• Edition 2021
  What do open source and cooking have in common?

  Why free software and the art of cooking have more in common than you may think
• Edition 2020
  Ten thoughts on community leadership

  How leadership in an open source community can work, in ten lessons learned