Karl Fogel is an open source software developer, author, and consultant. In 2005 he wrote Producing Open Source Software: How to Run a Successful Free Software Project (O'Reilly Media), based partly on his experiences in the Subversion project.
He is now a partner at Open Tech Strategies, LLC, where he helps organizations launch and engage with open source projects. He has worked at CollabNet, Google, Canonical, O'Reilly Media, and Code for America / Civic Commons, all as an open source specialist. He is also an Open Internet Tools Project Fellow at the New America Foundation, a member of the board of directors of the Open Source Initative, a member of the Apache Software Foundation, an advisory board member at the Center for the Study of Innovative Freedom, and President of QuestionCopyright.org.
He can be found at @kfogel on Identi.ca and Twitter, and his home page is red-bean.com/kfogel.
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Yup -- the code was open sourced this afternoon:
https://github.com/NYCComptroller/Checkbook
Also, NYC Comptroller's Office press release about it (check out all the quotes from IT firms!): http://comptroller.nyc.gov/press/2013_releases/pr13-06-083.shtm