Culture of g0v

The community of g0v is full of freedom and decentralized. Projects are started and ran by self-motivated community members. Works are proposed, participated, and cooperated voluntarily. All the activities are not mandatory. "Ask not why nobody is doing this. You are 'nobody'." is the motto of g0v. Because "nobody" is omnipotent. Many of g0v members came from open source community. We encourage Open Source/Creative Common License, therefore knowledge sharing could enhance more contribution. What are the greatest momentum of the community? Look into social issue with the kind of spirit, analyze the problem, then come up with a revolution-by-information proposal. Welcome to join this dynamite.

Participate as different character

Perspectives from various profession is necessary to build a new citizen information project. Programmers, issue followers(i.g. NGO, NPO, citizen reporters, independent media), designers, writers, artists, and PTTers are able to contribute their strength to projects. Please refer to My role in hackathon

必要學會的協作工具

• 文件協作工具：【hackpad】，讓多人同時編輯文件，記錄與規劃專案。
  • 【基礎教學文】、【進階教學文】。
• 溝通工具：【 irc】，g0v成員聊天、推坑、挖坑、跳坑的地方。
  • 【基礎教學文】。
• 專案版本控制工具：【 github】，程式設計師一定要會，管理大型專案程式碼使用。
  • 【基礎教學投影片】。
• 其他更多工具請至【常用工具】查看。

與 g0v 溝通

g0v社群人數眾多，實作議題多元，想要有效率的參與可按照以下方式找到投入的起點：

1. 簽到：
   • 先到【hub】寫上你的簡介，以關鍵字介紹自己的專長。
   • 再到【g0v-general論壇】發一封自我介紹。各組論壇請至：
     • 參與立院相關專案：【立院報你知論壇】
     • 參與關心你專案：【鄉民關心你論壇】
     • 文字、設計、繪圖工作認領：【g0v文化部論壇】
   • 然後加入 g0v【irc 聊天室】，很多成員在此聊天動腦挖坑推坑。

2. 找想法：
   • 初步想法到【g0v idea pool】瀏覽填寫。
   • 長期專案到【專案列表】找。

3. facebook上的【g0v 後勤中心】也不時有成員發文討論相關議題、專案激盪、徵人糾團。請不要害羞，大膽主動出擊。

4. 實際參與【黑客松工作坊】。平均兩個月舉辦一次，通常選在週六 0900-1800 進行。平日不定期會舉辦迷你黑客松，常在週四、週五晚間舉行。

5. 這裡有些 g0v 社群常用的工具介紹，投入工作前請先了解。

How to start a new project, or take a job

1. Start a new project:

2. g0v refrence data:

   • Source code：【github】
   • Misc file：【google drive】
   • Government open data：【data.g0v.tw】
3. Start a project, or join the work team.
4. Start some code, and add to【Project Entrance】

Become g0v project

Project which is open source, can be g0v project, can list on project list, use g0v CIS, can apply for conference schedules。Here to know more about Open source and License information.

Project Life Cycle

g0v is a project incubation platform, which also hopes to constantly develop and maintain the works, and the following ways are to extend the life cycle:

• Community maintenance: ongoing collaboration within developer community.
• NGO / NPO collaboration: development after licensing, and then delivered to the organizations for maintenance.
• Feel free to fundraise, hire, commercialize, or start a corporation, organization, company, or startup.