Primary Job Title Member Primary Organization Free Software Foundation
Location Shanghai, Shanghai, China Regions Asia-Pacific (APAC) Gender Male
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David Li has been contributing to open source since 1990. He is member of Free Software Foundation, committer to Apache projects and board director of ObjectWeb. Over the past 20 years, David has started several open source software projects and contributed to many others.
In 2010, he co-founded XinCheJian, the first hackerspace in China to
promote hacker/maker culture and open source hardware. He also developed Ardublock, the most popular visual programming environment for Arduino. In the past two years, he has become interested in urban farming and is an enthusiastic proponent of aquaponics, which brings the spirit of open source to farming and gardening.
In 2011, he co-founded Hacked Matter, with Anna Greenspan and Silvia Lindtner.
