<s>
The	O
g0v	B-Application
movement	O
,	O
or	O
g0v	B-Application
,	O
(	O
pronounced	O
gov-zero	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
,	O
open	O
government	O
collaboration	O
started	O
by	O
Chia-liang	O
Kao	O
(	O
"	O
clkao	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
ipa	O
,	O
kirby	O
and	O
others	O
in	O
late	O
2012	O
in	O
Taiwan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Symbolizing	O
the	O
community	O
's	O
efforts	O
to	O
"	O
rethink	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
government	O
from	O
zero	O
,	O
"	O
and	O
borrowing	O
the	O
parlance	O
of	O
binary	O
from	O
the	O
digital	O
world	O
of	O
1s	O
and	O
0s	O
,	O
the	O
O	O
in	O
"	O
gov	O
"	O
is	O
replaced	O
with	O
a	O
0	O
to	O
make	O
"	O
g0v	B-Application
"	O
;	O
for	O
many	O
government	O
agencies	O
in	O
Taiwan	O
which	O
have	O
URLs	O
ending	O
.gov.tw	O
,	O
replacing	O
.gov	O
with	O
.g0v	O
redirects	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
the	O
so-called	O
shadow	O
government	O
,	O
a	O
"	O
forked	B-Application
"	O
version	O
of	O
that	O
agency	O
with	O
contributions	O
by	O
civic	O
hackers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Continuing	O
this	O
inspiration	O
from	O
the	O
software	O
development	O
world	O
,	O
the	O
forked	B-Application
content	O
can	O
then	O
be	O
"	O
merged	O
"	O
back	O
into	O
the	O
government	O
agency	O
's	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
g0v	B-Application
is	O
a	O
community	O
that	O
promotes	O
the	O
transparency	O
of	O
government	O
information	O
and	O
is	O
committed	O
to	O
developing	O
information	O
platforms	O
and	O
tools	O
for	O
citizens	O
to	O
participate	O
in	O
society	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
2014	O
,	O
there	O
have	O
been	O
contributors	O
across	O
three	O
continents	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
results	O
have	O
been	O
released	O
in	O
a	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
model	O
that	O
embraces	O
knowledge	O
sharing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
remix	O
was	O
well-received	O
,	O
successfully	O
serving	O
hundreds	O
of	O
requests	O
per	O
second	O
from	O
Google	B-Application
App	I-Application
Engine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
video	O
went	O
on-air	O
again	O
on	O
October	O
19	O
,	O
just	O
before	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
bolster	O
interest	O
in	O
this	O
and	O
future	O
projects	O
past	O
the	O
demonstration	O
day	O
,	O
team	O
member	O
CL	O
Kao	O
registered	O
the	O
domain	O
name	O
g0v.tw,	O
dedicated	O
to	O
citizens’	O
remixes	O
of	O
government	O
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Real-Price	O
Maps	O
thus	O
became	O
accessible	O
at	O
lvr.land.moi.g0v.tw	O
before	O
its	O
shutdown	O
,	O
with	O
only	O
one	O
ASCII	O
character	O
of	O
difference	O
from	O
its	O
official	O
counterpart	O
at	O
lvr.land.moi.gov.tw	O
;	O
meanwhile	O
,	O
the	O
Budget	O
Maps	O
lived	O
on	O
at	O
budget.g0v.tw	O
as	O
the	O
inaugural	O
g0v.tw	B-Application
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Equipped	O
with	O
the	O
new	O
g0v.tw	B-Application
domain	O
,	O
the	O
four	O
hackers	O
agreed	O
to	O
spend	O
the	O
NTD$50k	O
prize	O
on	O
their	O
own	O
hackathon	O
to	O
enlist	O
more	O
projects	O
into	O
the	O
syndicate	O
of	O
civic	O
remixes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Discussion	O
continued	O
online	O
at	O
Hackpad	B-Application
and	O
IRC	B-Protocol
well	O
after	O
the	O
daylong	O
event	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dissatisfied	O
with	O
the	O
makeshift	O
logo	O
banner	O
,	O
Wu	O
would	O
continue	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
several	O
iterations	O
of	O
the	O
logotypes	O
,	O
eventually	O
completing	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
Visual	O
Identity	O
guidelines	O
aimed	O
at	O
helping	O
elevate	O
g0v	B-Application
into	O
an	O
easily	O
recognizable	O
brand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
g0v	B-Application
states	O
,	O
"[We]	O
have	O
demonstrated	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
combine	O
online	O
and	O
offline	O
activism	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
model	O
established	O
by	O
the	O
Free	B-Application
Software	I-Application
community	O
over	O
the	O
past	O
two	O
decades	O
,	O
we	O
transformed	O
social	O
media	O
into	O
a	O
platform	O
for	O
social	O
production	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
fully	O
open	O
and	O
decentralized	O
cultural	O
&	O
technological	O
framework.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
g0v	B-Application
summarizes	O
its	O
collaborative	O
governance	O
philosophy	O
thus	O
:	O
"	O
Ask	O
not	O
why	O
nobody	O
is	O
doing	O
this	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
g0v	B-Application
community	O
activities	O
are	O
both	O
online	O
and	O
offline	O
,	O
including	O
hackathons	O
,	O
speeches	O
,	O
sharing	O
sessions	O
,	O
teaching	O
,	O
conference	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
activities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2020	O
there	O
are	O
active	O
g0v	B-Application
communities	O
working	O
on	O
open	O
government	O
data	O
in	O
Taiwan	O
and	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prominent	O
applications	O
and	O
widgets	O
created	O
by	O
g0v	B-Application
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
branch	O
of	O
g0v	B-Application
,	O
known	O
as	O
g0vhk	O
,	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2016	O
by	O
data	O
scientist	O
Ho	O
Wa	O
Wong	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
g0v	B-Application
movement	O
gained	O
popularity	O
in	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
due	O
to	O
their	O
work	O
in	O
aggregating	O
candidate	O
information	O
in	O
the	O
2019	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
local	O
elections	O
and	O
disseminating	O
disease	O
prevention	O
news	O
during	O
the	O
2019-20	O
coronavirus	O
pandemic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
italian	O
branch	O
of	O
g0v	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2019	O
by	O
the	O
NPO	O
.	O
</s>
