+"We believe that the combination of Free Software and Free Content is not only +beneficial," remarked Sebastian Kügler, a KDE e.V. board member, "but the +next logical step towards a mature, organized Free Culture community." Kügler +explains the idea behind opening the shared office: "Being able to tap into the +expertise of an organization in a different field, but with very similar goals +and principles, provides us with an opportunity to grow and gain experience that +I hope to see more often, both within our projects and those of our peers." +
+ ++Kügler added that the shared office space is not the only organizational +improvement under way for the KDE e.V. The founding of the office in Frankfurt +coincides with the hiring of an administrative assistant, the e.V.'s first employee. +"This will help the KDE e.V. become more efficient in our work of supporting +the KDE community. With eight developer meetings and presence at many events +already planned for 2008, a dedicated administrative assistant enables an even +faster growth of the K Desktop Environment." +
+ ++Wikimedia Deutschland (the German Wikimedia chapter), which established its office +originally in October 2006, is also happy to be able to expand its activities +together with KDE. "Back then, we were the first national section of the +Wikimedia Foundation to open its own office. Before that, we were a purely +voluntary-driven organization. Opening an office was new and unchartered territory +for us", says Arne Klempert, Wikimedia Deutschland's executive secretary. +"We're now glad to share the experiences we've made during that first period +with KDE e.V. That said, due to the collaboration with KDE it is also much easier +for us to extend our office and activities. Both organizations can share a lot of +resources this way, resources that both would have had to carry individually if +we weren't collaborating." +
+ +
+KDE is an international technology team that
+creates free and open source software
+for desktop and portable computing. Among KDE's products are a modern desktop system
+for Linux and UNIX platforms, comprehensive office productivity and groupware suites
+and hundreds of software titles in many categories including Internet and web
+applications, multimedia, entertainment, educational, graphics and software development.
+KDE software is translated into more than 60 languages and is built with ease of
+use and modern accessibility principles in mind. KDE4's full-featured applications
+run natively on Linux, BSD, Solaris, Windows and Mac OS X.
+
+KDE e.V. is the organization that supports the growth
+of the KDE community. Its mission statement -- to promote and distribute
+Free Desktop software -- is provided through legal, financial and organizational
+support for the KDE community. KDE e.V. organises the yearly KDE World Summit
+"Akademy", along with numerous smaller-scale
+development meetings.
+
+Since its establishment in 2004 the nonprofit foundation +Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. +supports the propagation of Free knowledge. The German section of the Wikimedia +Foundation focuses on the various international Wikimedia projects, especially the +free encyclopedia Wikipedia. The independant foundation is a not-for-profit +organization under German law. Its work is financed nearly exclusively through +donations. The foundation supports the expansion and operation of a technical +infrastructure to enhance accessibility to Wikipedia and its sister projects. +Wikimedia Deutschland also supports initiatives for improving the quality of +the content of the German Wikipedia. The foundation organises events that foster +this goal, for example the yearly "Wikipedia Academy" that encourages the dialog +between researchers and Wikipedia authors. +
diff --git a/_posts/2008-04-22-kde-e-v-and-the-gnome-foundation-to-co-host-flagship-conferences.md b/_posts/2008-04-22-kde-e-v-and-the-gnome-foundation-to-co-host-flagship-conferences.md index 03fbb10..2ea122d 100644 --- a/_posts/2008-04-22-kde-e-v-and-the-gnome-foundation-to-co-host-flagship-conferences.md +++ b/_posts/2008-04-22-kde-e-v-and-the-gnome-foundation-to-co-host-flagship-conferences.md @@ -1,13 +1,118 @@ --- title: 'KDE e.V. and the GNOME Foundation to co-host flagship conferences' date: 2008-04-22 00:00:00 layout: post --- The boards of KDE e.V. and the GNOME Foundation have issued a call to co-host Akademy and GUADEC, the flagship conferences of the KDE and GNOME projects respectively, during the Summer of 2009. -Read more... - +This would be the first time that the conferences are to be co-hosted. The +combined conference is expected to have around 800 attendees, being one of the biggest +meetings of free software developers in the world. +The content of the conferences will be organized independently, with a number +of co-ordinated cross-over sessions with appeal to all attendees. +
+ +Cornelius Schumacher, director of KDE e.V., called the move to co-host +the conferences momentous. "This represents collaboration between the two +communities which some believed could never happen," he said. "Members +of our communities have long worked together through projects on +freedesktop.org, or the Linux Architects initiative, but this could be the +first time to bring large parts of our respective communities +to the same place." +
+ +Behdad Esfahbod of the GNOME Foundation added, "We have much more in +common than we have differences. We share a love for the freedom which +we give to our users through our software, and for the sense of +community which binds us." +
+ +"The big winner in the co-hosted conferences will be free software on the +desktop. Getting the developers in the same place can only lead to +increased collaboration, and even more high-quality software for our +users", he continued. +
+ +Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, applauded the +move. "Having GUADEC and Akademy at the same venue is good news for the Linux +desktop. I suspect we will see great things come out of this meeting." +
+ +Keith Packard, from Freedesktop.org and the X.org Foundation, is looking +forward to the joint event. "KDE and GNOME have worked together for +years building great software. An integrated conference together will +further enhance collaboration and strengthen the broader free software +desktop community." + +Both organizations have noted, however, that proposals to host the conferences +independently are invited as well. The decision about the events will be made +in collaboration of the KDE e.V. and the GNOME Foundation based on the +suitability of the available proposals. + +Proposals should be made to the KDE e.V. and GNOME Foundation boards no +later than June 15th 2008. The call for hosts for Akademy +2009 is available at the KDE e.V. web site +and the call +for hosts for GUADEC 2009 is available at the GNOME web site. + +For further information, or for media enquiries, please contact +board@gnome.org and kde-ev-board@kde.org. + ++GNOME is a free-software project whose goal is to develop a complete, accessible +and easy to use desktop for Linux and Unix-based operating systems. GNOME also +includes a complete development environment to create new applications. It is +released twice a year on a regular schedule. +
+ ++The GNOME desktop is used by millions of people around the world. GNOME is a +standard part of all leading GNU/Linux and Unix distributions, and is popular +with both large existing corporate deployments and millions of small business +and home users worldwide. +
+ ++Comprised of hundreds of volunteer developers and industry-leading companies, +the GNOME Foundation is an organization committed to supporting the advancement +of GNOME. The Foundation is a member directed, non-profit organization that +provides financial, organizational and legal support to the GNOME project and +helps determine its vision and roadmap. +
+ ++More information about GNOME and the GNOME Foundation can be found at +www.gnome.org and foundation.gnome.org. +
diff --git a/_posts/2008-07-11-kde-and-gnome-to-co-locate-flagship-conferences-on-gran-canaria-in-2009.md b/_posts/2008-07-11-kde-and-gnome-to-co-locate-flagship-conferences-on-gran-canaria-in-2009.md index 65fbbb3..affeedc 100644 --- a/_posts/2008-07-11-kde-and-gnome-to-co-locate-flagship-conferences-on-gran-canaria-in-2009.md +++ b/_posts/2008-07-11-kde-and-gnome-to-co-locate-flagship-conferences-on-gran-canaria-in-2009.md @@ -1,16 +1,111 @@ --- title: 'KDE and GNOME to Co-locate Flagship Conferences on Gran Canaria in 2009' date: 2008-07-11 00:00:00 layout: post --- The KDE e.V. and GNOME Foundation today announced that they will hold their yearly conferences, Akademy and GUADEC in 2009 in Gran Canaria. The conferences will be separate events, but co-located and hosted by the same organizers, the Cabildo of Gran Canaria and its Secretary of Tourism, Technological Innovation and Foreign Trade. -Read -more... +"The GNOME community is very excited about the co-hosted +GUADEC and Akademy" says Behdad Esfahbod, president at the GNOME foundation, +"GUADEC has traditionally been a very important chance for our community to meet +in person, build great working relationships and make new friends. We're looking +forward to having the opportunity to extend those relationships to our KDE +colleagues at Akademy/GUADEC."
+ +KDE e.V.'s vice-president Adriaan de Groot adds +"KDE e.V. is looking forward to a co-located conference, where the GNOME and KDE +communities can mingle and cooperate as never before in one location. Gran +Canaria is uniquely located at the junction of Europe and Africa, close to the +Americas and is a fitting place for a historic 'meet-your-neighbours' +conference."
+ +GUADEC and Akademy 2009 will be held on Gran Canaria, an island of the +Canary Islands archipelago. The tentative schedule plans the event from Friday, +July, 3rd until Saturday, July 11th 2009 in the Alfredo Kraus auditorium and the +adjacent Congress Palace in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
+ +This co-located event will turn Gran Canaria into the capital of +Freedesktop.org development for a whole week next summer.
+ +While there were other excellent bids, the KDE e.V. and GNOME foundation +have settled on Gran Canaria because of its position as Port to Africa and the +excellent circumstances for holding such an event there. Unfortunately, having +three proposals, two have to be rejected. The proposals from Tampere in Finland +and Coruna in Spain were close contenders. Both foundations would like to thank +those organisers for the work they have put into their proposals and encourage +them to consider their cities for conferences in future years.
+ +The conference +organiser's Wiki has extensive information about the planned +conferences on the Canaries.
+ ++For further information, or for media enquiries, please contact +board@gnome.org and kde-ev-board@kde.org. +
+ ++KDE is an international technology team that creates free and open source +software for desktop and portable computing. Among KDE's products are a modern +desktop system for Linux and UNIX platforms, comprehensive office productivity +and groupware suites and hundreds of software titles in many categories +including Internet and web applications, multimedia, entertainment, educational, +graphics and software development. KDE software is translated into more than 60 +languages and is built with ease of use and modern accessibility principles in +mind. KDE4's full-featured applications run natively on Linux, BSD, Solaris, +Windows and Mac OS X. +
+ ++KDE e.V. is the organization that supports the growth of the KDE community. Its +mission statement -- to promote and distribute Free Desktop software -- is +provided through legal, financial and organizational support for the KDE +community. KDE e.V. organises the yearly KDE World Summit "Akademy", +along with numerous smaller-scale development meetings. +
+ ++More information about KDE and the KDE e.V. can be found at www.kde.org and ev.kde.org. +
+ ++GNOME is a free-software project whose goal is to develop a complete, accessible +and easy to use desktop for Linux and Unix-based operating systems. GNOME also +includes a complete development environment to create new applications. It is +released twice a year on a regular schedule. +
+ ++The GNOME desktop is used by millions of people around the world. GNOME is a +standard part of all leading GNU/Linux and Unix distributions, and is popular +with both large existing corporate deployments and millions of small business +and home users worldwide. +
+ ++Comprised of hundreds of volunteer developers and industry-leading companies, +the GNOME Foundation is an organization committed to supporting the advancement +of GNOME. The Foundation is a member directed, non-profit organization that +provides financial, organizational and legal support to the GNOME project and +helps determine its vision and roadmap. +
+ ++More information about GNOME and the GNOME Foundation can be found at +www.gnome.org and foundation.gnome.org. +
diff --git a/_posts/2008-08-22-fsfe-welcomes-kde-s-fiduciary-license-agreement.md b/_posts/2008-08-22-fsfe-welcomes-kde-s-fiduciary-license-agreement.md index a8f0d4b..8b81ff3 100644 --- a/_posts/2008-08-22-fsfe-welcomes-kde-s-fiduciary-license-agreement.md +++ b/_posts/2008-08-22-fsfe-welcomes-kde-s-fiduciary-license-agreement.md @@ -1,14 +1,107 @@ --- title: "FSFE Welcomes KDE's Fiduciary License Agreement" date: 2008-08-22 00:00:00 layout: post --- Free Software Foundation Europe welcomes the adoption of the Fiduciary Licence Agreement by the K Desktop Environment project. The FLA is a copyright assignment that allows Free Software projects to assign their copyright to single organisation or person. This enables projects to ensure their legal maintainability, including important issues such as preserving the ability to re-license and certainty to have sufficient rights to enforce licences -in court. Read more ... +in court. + +"We see the adoption of the FLA by KDE as a positive and important milestone +in the maturity of the Free Software community," says Georg Greve, president +of Free Software Foundation Europe. "The FLA was designed to help projects +increase the legal maintainability of their software to ensure long-term +protection and reliability. KDE is among the most important Free Software +initiatives and it is playing a central role in bringing freedom to the desktop. +This decision of the KDE project underlines its dedication to think about how +to make that freedom last." + + +Adriaan de Groot, Vice President of KDE e.V., the organisation behind +the KDE project, said "KDE e.V. has endorsed the use of a particular FLA +based directly on the FSFE's sample FLA as the preferred way to assign +copyright to the association. We recognise that assignment is an option +that individuals may wish to exercise; it is in no way pushed upon KDE +contributors. There are also other avenues of copyright assignment available +besides the FLA, but we believe this is the easiest way to get it done, with +little fuss. Enthusiasm for the FLA was immediate -- people were asking for +printed versions of the form before the week was out so that they could fill +one in." + + +"The FLA is a versatile document designed to work across different +countries with different perceptions of copyright and authorship," +says Shane Coughlan, Freedom Task Force coordinator. "As a truly +international project, KDE provides a great example of how the FLA can +provide legal coherency in the mid-to-long term. It's been a pleasure +to help with the adoption process and FSFE's Freedom Task Force is ready +to continuing supporting KDE in the future." + + +KDE's adoption of the FLA is the result of cooperation between +KDE e.V. and FSFE's Freedom Task Force over the last year and a half, +part of the deepening collaboration between the two associate +organisations. + + ++The FLA was written by Dr. Axel Metzger (ifross) and Georg Greve (FSFE) in +consultation with renowned international legal and technical experts. Parties +involved in the evolution of the FLA at some point or another included RA Dr. +Till Jaeger, Carsten Schulz, Prof. Eben Moglen, RA Thorsten Feldmann, LL.M., +Werner Koch, Alessandro Rubini, Reinhard Muller and others. The latest +revision was compiled by Georg Greve and FSFE's FTF coordinator Shane M +Coughlan based on feedback provided by Dr. Lucie Guibault of the Institute +for Information Law in the Netherlands. +
+ ++KDE is an international technology team that creates free and open source +software for desktop and portable computing. Among KDE's products are a modern +desktop system for Linux and UNIX platforms, comprehensive office productivity +and groupware suites and hundreds of software titles in many categories +including Internet and web applications, multimedia, entertainment, +educational, graphics and software development. KDE software is translated +into more than 60 languages and is built with ease of use and modern +accessibility principles in mind. KDE4's full-featured applications run +natively on Linux, BSD, Solaris, Windows and Mac OS X. +
+ ++This year's Gran Canaria Desktop Summit represented the first time the GNOME and KDE communities have co-located their annual conferences in the same location. 852 free software advocates from 46 countries gathered together last week to discuss and enhance the free desktop experience at the first ever Gran Canaria Desktop Summit. +
+"The Gran Canaria Desktop Summit was a milestone not only for the KDE and GNOME communities, but also for the free desktop in general." said Cornelius Schumacher, president of KDE e.V., "New collaboration efforts were started and existing ones revitalized. We already have seen results for example in the area of the semantic desktop, and on improving the specification processes on freedesktop.org. I'm sure we'll see more results in the near future." + + +The summit accomplished its goal of increasing co-operation between GNOME and KDE to improve the Free Desktop experience. Throughout the conference there were many examples of successful collaboration including shared technologies, community co-operation and growth of the local free software community + + +"I was really excited to see all of the energy at the conference - 800 free desktop supporters in the same building!" said Vincent Untz, Director and Chairman of the GNOME Board. "I heard conversations about search technologies, recruiting developers and marketing. Both our communities benefited and I look forward to seeing the benefits passed on to GNOME users." + + ++KDE and GNOME benefit from shared technologies in multimedia, metadata storage, desktop search, application messaging and hardware integration. These shared technologies provide users with improved integration and a consistent user experience. Discussions during the summit resulted in agreements to continue to work on shared technologies, shared interfaces and shared code. In particular, several working sessions around the freedesktop.org initiative resulted in clearer processes for for sharing specifications and technologies which will accelerate the ability of both projects and the greater free desktop community to collaborate and communicate with other projects. +
+ ++In the domains where KDE and GNOME share technology, global teams came together to work on more effective ways of collaborating. Members of both communities came together to discuss issues that affected desktop projects, from recruiting and maintaining bugsquad team members to free desktop marketing efforts to kernel technologies that affect both projects. Teams in areas as diverse as the bug squad, accessibility and multimedia teams shared experiences and knowledge, and resolved to work more closely together. The projects share many values like an interest in providing free accessibility to people around the world that can be accomplished better by working together. +
+ ++Co-locating GUADEC and Akademy resulted in a large number of key free software developers congregating in Gran Canaria. They attracted developers from related projects world wide and invigorated the local software community. GUADEC-es and Akademy-es took also place during the event, as an effort to increase the number of spanish developers involved. The devolpment of an introductory program in spanish for local students and developers allowed the a record number of local free software supporters showed up - over 300 free software supporters from the Canary Islands showed up to listen, participate and discuss free desktop issues with the GNOME and KDE communities. The Gran Canaria Desktop Summit was supported by the local free software community which includes strong GNOME and KDE presence through GNOME Hispano and KDE España, including support from The Cabildo of Gran Canaria, both local universities (ULPGC and ULL), ESLIC, ASOLIF, and GULIC, among others. +
+ +The Gran Canaria Desktop Summit was a success. The conversations that started at the summit will have an impact on the upcoming release of the GNOME and KDE desktops and will continue to foster cooperation between the GNOME and KDE communities. The communities are planning cross desktop hackfests to implement the ideas discussed at the summit. Free desktop users can expect to see the results of this conference in upcoming releases of the GNOME and KDE desktops. + + +GNOME and KDE plan to join together again in future years to make sure they are working effectively together to share technologies and advance the free desktop. The cooperation and conversations that began between the KDE and GNOME communities will continue into the future and in events like hackfests throughout the year, but next year the conferences will be hosted separately. GUADEC and Akademy hope to see both GNOME and KDE developers at their events as their communities work more closely together on joint technologies. + + +Both projects believe that the co-location of the GNOME conference GUADEC and the KDE conference Akademy was a successful event that brought the two communities together and they look forward to more co-located events in the years to come. + + +For more information on the organizations mentioned in this press release: +
+Why did you decide to co-locate in 2009?
+
+The GNOME and KDE communities decided to co-locate Akademy and GUADEC so that they could build the free desktop community and cooperate on technologies that make sense for both desktops.
+
+Why did you decide not to co-locate in 2010?
+
+It's important to us to continue to build the GNOME and KDE brands. In particular, with the release of GNOME 3.0 coming soon, the GNOME community wants to make sure they can focus on that.
+
+Both communities want to co-locate again and hope to bring even more free desktop communities.
+
+Will you co-locate in the future?
+
+Yes. We are talking about co-locating events like hackfests now and plan to co-locate Akademy and GUADEC in a Desktop Summit in the future.
+
+Was the conference a success?
+
+Absolutely. The conference was a success for a community and technology perspective and was instrumental in furthering the free desktop movement.
+
+You said the co-location was a success but you've decided not to do it again, why?
+
+When we decided to co-locate GUADEC and Akademy we were unsure if it was something we'd do once or every year or every x number of years. We've decided it was a success and we'd like to do it again in the future, but not next year. It's important to us to continue to build the GNOME and KDE brands. In particular, with the release of GNOME 3.0 coming soon, the GNOME community wants to make sure they can focus on that.
+
+We will co-locate again in the future.
+
+
+Where will GUADEC and Akademy be next year?
+
+We don't know yet but the call for bids will be going out this week.
+
+KDE is an international technology team that creates free and open source +software for desktop and portable computing. Among KDE's products are a modern +desktop system for Linux and UNIX platforms, comprehensive office productivity +and groupware suites and hundreds of software titles in many categories +including Internet and web applications, multimedia, entertainment, +educational, graphics and software development. KDE software is translated +into more than 60 languages and is built with ease of use and modern +accessibility principles in mind. KDE4's full-featured applications run +natively on Linux, BSD, Solaris, Windows and Mac OS X. +
+ diff --git a/_posts/2009-09-02-akademy-2010-in-tampere-finland.md b/_posts/2009-09-02-akademy-2010-in-tampere-finland.md index 1390740..70b3caa 100644 --- a/_posts/2009-09-02-akademy-2010-in-tampere-finland.md +++ b/_posts/2009-09-02-akademy-2010-in-tampere-finland.md @@ -1,11 +1,55 @@ --- title: 'Akademy 2010 in Tampere, Finland' date: 2009-09-02 00:00:00 layout: post --- Akademy 2010 will be held in Tampere, Finland, organized by -COSS and KDE e.V. Read more in -the full -announcement. - +COSS and KDE e.V. + ++After a successful Akademy 2009 on the Canary Islands, as part of the Gran +Canaria Desktop Summit, Akademy heads north to the birthplace of Linux where +contributors will enjoy the midnight sun as they spend a week to present, plan +and participate in the development of KDE software. +
+ ++Akademy 2010 will be organized by COSS, the Finnish Centre for Open Source +Solutions in cooperation with KDE e.V. "We were happy to meet Mr. Ilkka +Lehtinen at GCDS," says Sebastian Kügler, board member of KDE e.V., +"and we +spent some time discussing what really goes into Akademy to make it such a +vibrant event." The conference is planned for late June or early July, and +announcements will be made when the date is finalized and contributors to the +Free Software desktop can start to make their summer plans. +
+ ++A call for papers and participation is expected in the dark days of the year. +Volunteers for the conference itself will be sought in the spring. Mr. Ilkka +Lehtinen will lead the local team, Kenny Duffus will lead the KDE team and +Claudia Rauch, Business Manager of KDE e.V., will be the central point +of contact and coordinate with the local team. +
+ ++Cornelius Schumacher, president of KDE e.V., says of the coming conference, +"it will be great to show our technology in new areas and to reach out to +the business community and Finland in particular with this Akademy. The release +of KDE 4.5 is scheduled around Akademy in 2010 and it will be a good moment to +look back at the road from KDE 4.0 to stability, beauty and elegance." +
+ ++KDE is an international technology team that creates free and open source +software for desktop and portable computing. Among KDE's products are a modern +desktop system for Linux and UNIX platforms, comprehensive office productivity +and groupware suites and hundreds of software titles in many categories +including Internet and web applications, multimedia, entertainment, +educational, graphics and software development. KDE software is translated +into more than 60 languages and is built with ease of use and modern +accessibility principles in mind. KDE4's full-featured applications run +natively on Linux, BSD, Solaris, Windows and Mac OS X. +
diff --git a/_posts/2010-03-16-gnome-foundation-and-kde-e-v-to-co-host-conferences-in-2011.md b/_posts/2010-03-16-gnome-foundation-and-kde-e-v-to-co-host-conferences-in-2011.md index 3deb1cf..6af4d78 100644 --- a/_posts/2010-03-16-gnome-foundation-and-kde-e-v-to-co-host-conferences-in-2011.md +++ b/_posts/2010-03-16-gnome-foundation-and-kde-e-v-to-co-host-conferences-in-2011.md @@ -1,14 +1,139 @@ --- title: 'GNOME Foundation and KDE e.V. to Co-Host Conferences in 2011' date: 2010-03-16 00:00:00 layout: post --- Following the successful Gran Canaria Desktop Summit in 2009, the GNOME Foundation and KDE e.V. Boards have decided to co-locate their flagship conferences once again in 2011, and are taking bids to host the combined event. The Desktop Summit 2011 will be the largest free desktop event ever. -Read more in the full press release and the call for hosts. +The call for hosts is available. +In July of 2009, the GNOME and KDE communities came together for the +Gran Canaria Desktop Summit, the first co-located KDE/GNOME event. It +was a major success, and was a fantastic opportunity for the leaders +of the free software desktop efforts to share talks, communicate on +common issues, and attend combined social events. The attendees from +both projects expressed great interest in repeating the event and +merging the programmes to synchronize schedules and make the event an +even greater opportunity for the KDE and GNOME teams to learn from +each other and work together.
+ +"The Gran Canaria Desktop Summit was a great first event," said +Vincent Untz, GNOME Foundation Board Member. "We enjoyed working with +our KDE friends at GCDS in 2009, and want to increase our cooperation +in 2011. We plan to go beyond simple co-location this time, and +actually plan a combined schedule in 2011 so that KDE and GNOME +contributors have every opportunity to work with and learn from each +other."
+ +The combined summit is also an opportunity for commercial sponsors of +the GNOME and KDE projects to meet with the contributors from KDE and +GNOME and to help foster faster collaboration and development of the +free software desktop. Sponsors of the first Desktop Summit have +expressed great interest in seeing both communities working together +again.
+ +The GNOME and KDE projects will hold independent events in 2010. +GUADEC, the GNOME Project's annual conference, will be held in The +Hague, Netherlands on July 24 through July 30 of this year. KDE's +Akademy will be located in Tampere, Finland from July 3 to 10 this +year. Both groups will likely hold smaller sprints through 2010 and +early 2011 to prepare for the combined 2011 Desktop Summit.
+ +"The KDE e.V. board felt that GCDS was a fantastic event, and we +learned what works well and what can be improved when co-hosting an +event with our GNOME friends," said Cornelius Schumacher of the KDE +e.V. "KDE and GNOME share a lot of goals for the free desktop, as well +as technology, so we're excited to make use of this experience and +have an opportunity to co-locate again in 2011."
+ +More than 850 contributors to the GNOME and KDE projects gathered in +Gran Canaria last July. The event brought together attendees from 50 +countries, and helped raise local awareness of free software and had a +measurable impact on the local community. The impact of the event +continues to be felt even after the event, with nearly 2 million hits +to the summit Web site following the event.
+ +"We were thrilled to have GCDS right here, and felt that it was an +enormous boost for our local commitment to free software," said José +Miguel Santos Espino, Director of IT at the University of Las Palmas +de Gran Canaria. "It's hard to overstate how important it was to have +the opportunity to meet with contributors from GNOME and KDE and learn +more about what's possible on the desktop with free software."
+ +The projects are seeking a host in Europe at a location that can +handle more than 1,000 participants. For detailed requirements, +prospective hosts can see the requirements for Akademy +(http://ev.kde.org/akademy/requirements.php) and GUADEC +(http://live.gnome.org/GuadecPlanningHowTo/CheckList). Applications +are welcomed before May 15th and should be sent to the KDE e.V. +(kde-ev-board@kde.ev) and the GNOME Foundation (board-list@gnome.org) +boards.
+ ++For further information, or for media enquiries, please contact +board@gnome.org and kde-ev-board@kde.org. +
+ ++KDE is an international technology team that creates free and open source +software for desktop and portable computing. Among KDE's products are a modern +desktop system for Linux and UNIX platforms, comprehensive office productivity +and groupware suites and hundreds of software titles in many categories +including Internet and web applications, multimedia, entertainment, educational, +graphics and software development. KDE software is translated into more than 60 +languages and is built with ease of use and modern accessibility principles in +mind. KDE4's full-featured applications run natively on Linux, BSD, Solaris, +Windows and Mac OS X. +
+ ++KDE e.V. is the organization that supports the growth of the KDE community. Its +mission statement -- to promote and distribute Free Desktop software -- is +provided through legal, financial and organizational support for the KDE +community. KDE e.V. organises the yearly KDE World Summit "Akademy", +along with numerous smaller-scale development meetings. +
+ ++More information about KDE and the KDE e.V. can be found at www.kde.org and ev.kde.org. +
+ ++GNOME is a free-software project whose goal is to develop a complete, accessible +and easy to use desktop for Linux and Unix-based operating systems. GNOME also +includes a complete development environment to create new applications. It is +released twice a year on a regular schedule. +
+ ++The GNOME desktop is used by millions of people around the world. GNOME is a +standard part of all leading GNU/Linux and Unix distributions, and is popular +with both large existing corporate deployments and millions of small business +and home users worldwide. +
+ ++Comprised of hundreds of volunteer developers and industry-leading companies, +the GNOME Foundation is an organization committed to supporting the advancement +of GNOME. The Foundation is a member directed, non-profit organization that +provides financial, organizational and legal support to the GNOME project and +helps determine its vision and roadmap. +
+ ++More information about GNOME and the GNOME Foundation can be found at +www.gnome.org and foundation.gnome.org. +
diff --git a/_posts/2010-07-14-kde-e-v-and-kde-espana-sign-an-agreement-officially-recognizing-kde-espana-as-oficial-representative-of-kde-e-v-in-spain.md b/_posts/2010-07-14-kde-e-v-and-kde-espana-sign-an-agreement-officially-recognizing-kde-espana-as-oficial-representative-of-kde-e-v-in-spain.md index 2d694f6..e6ec7e6 100644 --- a/_posts/2010-07-14-kde-e-v-and-kde-espana-sign-an-agreement-officially-recognizing-kde-espana-as-oficial-representative-of-kde-e-v-in-spain.md +++ b/_posts/2010-07-14-kde-e-v-and-kde-espana-sign-an-agreement-officially-recognizing-kde-espana-as-oficial-representative-of-kde-e-v-in-spain.md @@ -1,11 +1,32 @@ --- title: 'KDE e.V. and KDE España Sign an Agreement Officially Recognizing KDE España As Oficial Representative of KDE e.V. in Spain' date: 2010-07-14 00:00:00 layout: post ---During Akademy 2010, held in Tampere (Finland), KDE e.V. and KDE España signed an agreement making KDE España the official representative of KDE e.V. in its territory.
-The agreement highlights several of the key goals that KDE e.V. and KDE España share, that is, thepromotion of Free Software and KDE Software in particular, acting as an enabler for the community and the non profit nature of the organization.
- Read more in the full press release. - \ No newline at end of file +The agreement highlights several of the key goals that KDE e.V. and KDE España share, that is, thepromotion of Free Software and KDE Software in particular, acting as an enabler for the community and the non profit nature of the organization.
+ +Celeste Lyn Paul, KDE e.V. Board member, states: "It is great to see such a strong local KDE community grow to the point where it has professional, institutionalized representation. We're happy to work together and strengthen the KDE community both in Spain and Worldwide".
+ +Albert Astals Cid, President of KDE España Board, said: "We're proud that we now have a formalized relationship with our international sister organisation. This will help us be more effective in supporting the Spanish KDE community and strengthen the bond between us and the worldwide KDE community".
+ +This means KDE España will be the nearest contact for all organizations and individuals who want to contact KDE representatives regarding any issue related to KDE, including but not limited to claims about KDE copyrights infringements in the Spanish territory.
+ +In exchange, KDE España has to report at least once a year about its activities (events, collaborations, agreements...) and its members to KDE e.V. to make sure the organization is acting in accordance with the guidelines set by KDE e.V.
+ +Both organizations expect this agreement will help the KDE sister organisation in Spain to improve its visibility users, companies and local institutions and help make it more effective in what it does, while at the same time increasing the bond between the local Spanish KDE community and the international team.
+ + +KDE e.V. is a registered non-profit organization that represents the KDE Project in legal and financial matters.
+ +The Association aids in creating and distributing KDE by securing cash, hardware, and other donations, then using donations to aid KDE development and promotion.
+ +The Association was originally founded to create a legal entity capable of representing the KDE Project in the KDE Free Qt Foundation. The growing popularity of KDE also made it necessary to establish a thin organizational layer that is capable of handling all legal and financial interests of the KDE developers. In 1997 KDE e.V. was registered as an association under German law.
+ + +KDE España is formed by developers and contributors of the KDE community with the aim of stimulating the development and use of the KDE software in the Spanish territory. Members of KDE España include a wide variety of KDE contributors, amongst them programmers, packagers, documenters, translators and artists. KDE España was registered as an association under the Spanish law in 2009.
diff --git a/announcements/2008-04-04-kde-and-wikimedia.html b/announcements/2008-04-04-kde-and-wikimedia.html index 07b51ab..293a16d 100644 --- a/announcements/2008-04-04-kde-and-wikimedia.html +++ b/announcements/2008-04-04-kde-and-wikimedia.html @@ -1,94 +1,6 @@ --- title: "KDE and Wikimedia Start Collaboration" layout: page --- -FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
- - - --April 4, 2008 (The INTERNET). KDE e.V and Wikimedia Deutschland have opened a shared -office in Frankfurt, Germany. -As two organizations that share similar goals and organizational challenges, they -hope that working out of the same space will strengthen and expand their links to -the Free Culture community, as well as allowing them to share resources, experience -and infrastructure. -
- --"We believe that the combination of Free Software and Free Content is not only -beneficial," remarked Sebastian Kügler, a KDE e.V. board member, "but the -next logical step towards a mature, organized Free Culture community." Kügler -explains the idea behind opening the shared office: "Being able to tap into the -expertise of an organization in a different field, but with very similar goals -and principles, provides us with an opportunity to grow and gain experience that -I hope to see more often, both within our projects and those of our peers." -
- --Kügler added that the shared office space is not the only organizational -improvement under way for the KDE e.V. The founding of the office in Frankfurt -coincides with the hiring of an administrative assistant, the e.V.'s first employee. -"This will help the KDE e.V. become more efficient in our work of supporting -the KDE community. With eight developer meetings and presence at many events -already planned for 2008, a dedicated administrative assistant enables an even -faster growth of the K Desktop Environment." -
- --Wikimedia Deutschland (the German Wikimedia chapter), which established its office -originally in October 2006, is also happy to be able to expand its activities -together with KDE. "Back then, we were the first national section of the -Wikimedia Foundation to open its own office. Before that, we were a purely -voluntary-driven organization. Opening an office was new and unchartered territory -for us", says Arne Klempert, Wikimedia Deutschland's executive secretary. -"We're now glad to share the experiences we've made during that first period -with KDE e.V. That said, due to the collaboration with KDE it is also much easier -for us to extend our office and activities. Both organizations can share a lot of -resources this way, resources that both would have had to carry individually if -we weren't collaborating." -
- -
-KDE is an international technology team that
-creates free and open source software
-for desktop and portable computing. Among KDE's products are a modern desktop system
-for Linux and UNIX platforms, comprehensive office productivity and groupware suites
-and hundreds of software titles in many categories including Internet and web
-applications, multimedia, entertainment, educational, graphics and software development.
-KDE software is translated into more than 60 languages and is built with ease of
-use and modern accessibility principles in mind. KDE4's full-featured applications
-run natively on Linux, BSD, Solaris, Windows and Mac OS X.
-
-KDE e.V. is the organization that supports the growth
-of the KDE community. Its mission statement -- to promote and distribute
-Free Desktop software -- is provided through legal, financial and organizational
-support for the KDE community. KDE e.V. organises the yearly KDE World Summit
-"Akademy", along with numerous smaller-scale
-development meetings.
-
-Since its establishment in 2004 the nonprofit foundation -Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. -supports the propagation of Free knowledge. The German section of the Wikimedia -Foundation focuses on the various international Wikimedia projects, especially the -free encyclopedia Wikipedia. The independant foundation is a not-for-profit -organization under German law. Its work is financed nearly exclusively through -donations. The foundation supports the expansion and operation of a technical -infrastructure to enhance accessibility to Wikipedia and its sister projects. -Wikimedia Deutschland also supports initiatives for improving the quality of -the content of the German Wikipedia. The foundation organises events that foster -this goal, for example the yearly "Wikipedia Academy" that encourages the dialog -between researchers and Wikipedia authors. -
+Moved to news. diff --git a/announcements/2008-04-22-akademy-guadec.html b/announcements/2008-04-22-akademy-guadec.html index 67fc6c4..59523cf 100644 --- a/announcements/2008-04-22-akademy-guadec.html +++ b/announcements/2008-04-22-akademy-guadec.html @@ -1,117 +1,7 @@ --- title: "KDE e.V. and the GNOME Foundation to co-host flagship conferences" layout: page --- -The boards of KDE e.V. and the GNOME Foundation have issued a call to co-host -Akademy and GUADEC, the flagship conferences of the KDE and GNOME projects -respectively, during the Summer of 2009. -
+Moved to news. -This would be the first time that the conferences are to be co-hosted. The -combined conference is expected to have around 800 attendees, being one of the biggest -meetings of free software developers in the world. -The content of the conferences will be organized independently, with a number -of co-ordinated cross-over sessions with appeal to all attendees. -
- -Cornelius Schumacher, director of KDE e.V., called the move to co-host -the conferences momentous. "This represents collaboration between the two -communities which some believed could never happen," he said. "Members -of our communities have long worked together through projects on -freedesktop.org, or the Linux Architects initiative, but this could be the -first time to bring large parts of our respective communities -to the same place." -
- -Behdad Esfahbod of the GNOME Foundation added, "We have much more in -common than we have differences. We share a love for the freedom which -we give to our users through our software, and for the sense of -community which binds us." -
- -"The big winner in the co-hosted conferences will be free software on the -desktop. Getting the developers in the same place can only lead to -increased collaboration, and even more high-quality software for our -users", he continued. -
- -Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, applauded the -move. "Having GUADEC and Akademy at the same venue is good news for the Linux -desktop. I suspect we will see great things come out of this meeting." -
- -Keith Packard, from Freedesktop.org and the X.org Foundation, is looking -forward to the joint event. "KDE and GNOME have worked together for -years building great software. An integrated conference together will -further enhance collaboration and strengthen the broader free software -desktop community." - -Both organizations have noted, however, that proposals to host the conferences -independently are invited as well. The decision about the events will be made -in collaboration of the KDE e.V. and the GNOME Foundation based on the -suitability of the available proposals. - -Proposals should be made to the KDE e.V. and GNOME Foundation boards no -later than June 15th 2008. The call for hosts for Akademy -2009 is available at the KDE e.V. web site -and the call -for hosts for GUADEC 2009 is available at the GNOME web site. - -For further information, or for media enquiries, please contact -board@gnome.org and kde-ev-board@kde.org. - --GNOME is a free-software project whose goal is to develop a complete, accessible -and easy to use desktop for Linux and Unix-based operating systems. GNOME also -includes a complete development environment to create new applications. It is -released twice a year on a regular schedule. -
- --The GNOME desktop is used by millions of people around the world. GNOME is a -standard part of all leading GNU/Linux and Unix distributions, and is popular -with both large existing corporate deployments and millions of small business -and home users worldwide. -
- --Comprised of hundreds of volunteer developers and industry-leading companies, -the GNOME Foundation is an organization committed to supporting the advancement -of GNOME. The Foundation is a member directed, non-profit organization that -provides financial, organizational and legal support to the GNOME project and -helps determine its vision and roadmap. -
- --More information about GNOME and the GNOME Foundation can be found at -www.gnome.org and foundation.gnome.org. -
diff --git a/announcements/2008-07-11-akademy-guadec-grancanaria.html b/announcements/2008-07-11-akademy-guadec-grancanaria.html index ab00a30..1a9c619 100644 --- a/announcements/2008-07-11-akademy-guadec-grancanaria.html +++ b/announcements/2008-07-11-akademy-guadec-grancanaria.html @@ -1,108 +1,7 @@ --- title: "KDE and GNOME to Co-locate Flagship Conferences on Gran Canaria in 2009" layout: page --- -The KDE e.V. and GNOME Foundation today announced that they will hold their -yearly conferences, Akademy and GUADEC in 2009 in Gran Canaria. The conferences -will be separate events, but co-located and hosted by the same organizers, the -Cabildo of Gran Canaria and its Secretary of Tourism, Technological Innovation -and Foreign Trade.
+Moved to news. -"The GNOME community is very excited about the co-hosted -GUADEC and Akademy" says Behdad Esfahbod, president at the GNOME foundation, -"GUADEC has traditionally been a very important chance for our community to meet -in person, build great working relationships and make new friends. We're looking -forward to having the opportunity to extend those relationships to our KDE -colleagues at Akademy/GUADEC."
- -KDE e.V.'s vice-president Adriaan de Groot adds -"KDE e.V. is looking forward to a co-located conference, where the GNOME and KDE -communities can mingle and cooperate as never before in one location. Gran -Canaria is uniquely located at the junction of Europe and Africa, close to the -Americas and is a fitting place for a historic 'meet-your-neighbours' -conference."
- -GUADEC and Akademy 2009 will be held on Gran Canaria, an island of the -Canary Islands archipelago. The tentative schedule plans the event from Friday, -July, 3rd until Saturday, July 11th 2009 in the Alfredo Kraus auditorium and the -adjacent Congress Palace in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
- -This co-located event will turn Gran Canaria into the capital of -Freedesktop.org development for a whole week next summer.
- -While there were other excellent bids, the KDE e.V. and GNOME foundation -have settled on Gran Canaria because of its position as Port to Africa and the -excellent circumstances for holding such an event there. Unfortunately, having -three proposals, two have to be rejected. The proposals from Tampere in Finland -and Coruna in Spain were close contenders. Both foundations would like to thank -those organisers for the work they have put into their proposals and encourage -them to consider their cities for conferences in future years.
- -The conference -organiser's Wiki has extensive information about the planned -conferences on the Canaries.
- --For further information, or for media enquiries, please contact -board@gnome.org and kde-ev-board@kde.org. -
- --KDE is an international technology team that creates free and open source -software for desktop and portable computing. Among KDE's products are a modern -desktop system for Linux and UNIX platforms, comprehensive office productivity -and groupware suites and hundreds of software titles in many categories -including Internet and web applications, multimedia, entertainment, educational, -graphics and software development. KDE software is translated into more than 60 -languages and is built with ease of use and modern accessibility principles in -mind. KDE4's full-featured applications run natively on Linux, BSD, Solaris, -Windows and Mac OS X. -
- --KDE e.V. is the organization that supports the growth of the KDE community. Its -mission statement -- to promote and distribute Free Desktop software -- is -provided through legal, financial and organizational support for the KDE -community. KDE e.V. organises the yearly KDE World Summit "Akademy", -along with numerous smaller-scale development meetings. -
- --More information about KDE and the KDE e.V. can be found at www.kde.org and ev.kde.org. -
- --GNOME is a free-software project whose goal is to develop a complete, accessible -and easy to use desktop for Linux and Unix-based operating systems. GNOME also -includes a complete development environment to create new applications. It is -released twice a year on a regular schedule. -
- --The GNOME desktop is used by millions of people around the world. GNOME is a -standard part of all leading GNU/Linux and Unix distributions, and is popular -with both large existing corporate deployments and millions of small business -and home users worldwide. -
- --Comprised of hundreds of volunteer developers and industry-leading companies, -the GNOME Foundation is an organization committed to supporting the advancement -of GNOME. The Foundation is a member directed, non-profit organization that -provides financial, organizational and legal support to the GNOME project and -helps determine its vision and roadmap. -
- --More information about GNOME and the GNOME Foundation can be found at -www.gnome.org and foundation.gnome.org. -
diff --git a/announcements/2008-08-22-fsfe-welcomes-fla.html b/announcements/2008-08-22-fsfe-welcomes-fla.html index 5b4d391..898862d 100644 --- a/announcements/2008-08-22-fsfe-welcomes-fla.html +++ b/announcements/2008-08-22-fsfe-welcomes-fla.html @@ -1,104 +1,6 @@ --- title: "FSFE welcomes KDE's adoption of the Fiduciary Licence Agreement (FLA)" layout: page --- -Free Software Foundation Europe welcomes the adoption of the Fiduciary -Licence Agreement by the K Desktop Environment project. The FLA is a copyright -assignment that allows Free Software projects to assign their copyright to -single organisation or person. This enables projects to ensure their legal -maintainability, including important issues such as preserving the ability -to re-license and certainty to have sufficient rights to enforce licences -in court. - -"We see the adoption of the FLA by KDE as a positive and important milestone -in the maturity of the Free Software community," says Georg Greve, president -of Free Software Foundation Europe. "The FLA was designed to help projects -increase the legal maintainability of their software to ensure long-term -protection and reliability. KDE is among the most important Free Software -initiatives and it is playing a central role in bringing freedom to the desktop. -This decision of the KDE project underlines its dedication to think about how -to make that freedom last." - - -Adriaan de Groot, Vice President of KDE e.V., the organisation behind -the KDE project, said "KDE e.V. has endorsed the use of a particular FLA -based directly on the FSFE's sample FLA as the preferred way to assign -copyright to the association. We recognise that assignment is an option -that individuals may wish to exercise; it is in no way pushed upon KDE -contributors. There are also other avenues of copyright assignment available -besides the FLA, but we believe this is the easiest way to get it done, with -little fuss. Enthusiasm for the FLA was immediate -- people were asking for -printed versions of the form before the week was out so that they could fill -one in." - - -"The FLA is a versatile document designed to work across different -countries with different perceptions of copyright and authorship," -says Shane Coughlan, Freedom Task Force coordinator. "As a truly -international project, KDE provides a great example of how the FLA can -provide legal coherency in the mid-to-long term. It's been a pleasure -to help with the adoption process and FSFE's Freedom Task Force is ready -to continuing supporting KDE in the future." - - -KDE's adoption of the FLA is the result of cooperation between -KDE e.V. and FSFE's Freedom Task Force over the last year and a half, -part of the deepening collaboration between the two associate -organisations. - - --The FLA was written by Dr. Axel Metzger (ifross) and Georg Greve (FSFE) in -consultation with renowned international legal and technical experts. Parties -involved in the evolution of the FLA at some point or another included RA Dr. -Till Jaeger, Carsten Schulz, Prof. Eben Moglen, RA Thorsten Feldmann, LL.M., -Werner Koch, Alessandro Rubini, Reinhard Muller and others. The latest -revision was compiled by Georg Greve and FSFE's FTF coordinator Shane M -Coughlan based on feedback provided by Dr. Lucie Guibault of the Institute -for Information Law in the Netherlands. -
- --KDE is an international technology team that creates free and open source -software for desktop and portable computing. Among KDE's products are a modern -desktop system for Linux and UNIX platforms, comprehensive office productivity -and groupware suites and hundreds of software titles in many categories -including Internet and web applications, multimedia, entertainment, -educational, graphics and software development. KDE software is translated -into more than 60 languages and is built with ease of use and modern -accessibility principles in mind. KDE4's full-featured applications run -natively on Linux, BSD, Solaris, Windows and Mac OS X. -
- --This year's Gran Canaria Desktop Summit represented the first time the GNOME and KDE communities have co-located their annual conferences in the same location. 852 free software advocates from 46 countries gathered together last week to discuss and enhance the free desktop experience at the first ever Gran Canaria Desktop Summit. -
-"The Gran Canaria Desktop Summit was a milestone not only for the KDE and GNOME communities, but also for the free desktop in general." said Cornelius Schumacher, president of KDE e.V., "New collaboration efforts were started and existing ones revitalized. We already have seen results for example in the area of the semantic desktop, and on improving the specification processes on freedesktop.org. I'm sure we'll see more results in the near future." - - -The summit accomplished its goal of increasing co-operation between GNOME and KDE to improve the Free Desktop experience. Throughout the conference there were many examples of successful collaboration including shared technologies, community co-operation and growth of the local free software community - - -"I was really excited to see all of the energy at the conference - 800 free desktop supporters in the same building!" said Vincent Untz, Director and Chairman of the GNOME Board. "I heard conversations about search technologies, recruiting developers and marketing. Both our communities benefited and I look forward to seeing the benefits passed on to GNOME users." - +--- +title: "Free Desktop Communities come together at the Gran Canaria Desktop Summit" +layout: page +--- --KDE and GNOME benefit from shared technologies in multimedia, metadata storage, desktop search, application messaging and hardware integration. These shared technologies provide users with improved integration and a consistent user experience. Discussions during the summit resulted in agreements to continue to work on shared technologies, shared interfaces and shared code. In particular, several working sessions around the freedesktop.org initiative resulted in clearer processes for for sharing specifications and technologies which will accelerate the ability of both projects and the greater free desktop community to collaborate and communicate with other projects. -
- --In the domains where KDE and GNOME share technology, global teams came together to work on more effective ways of collaborating. Members of both communities came together to discuss issues that affected desktop projects, from recruiting and maintaining bugsquad team members to free desktop marketing efforts to kernel technologies that affect both projects. Teams in areas as diverse as the bug squad, accessibility and multimedia teams shared experiences and knowledge, and resolved to work more closely together. The projects share many values like an interest in providing free accessibility to people around the world that can be accomplished better by working together. -
- --Co-locating GUADEC and Akademy resulted in a large number of key free software developers congregating in Gran Canaria. They attracted developers from related projects world wide and invigorated the local software community. GUADEC-es and Akademy-es took also place during the event, as an effort to increase the number of spanish developers involved. The devolpment of an introductory program in spanish for local students and developers allowed the a record number of local free software supporters showed up - over 300 free software supporters from the Canary Islands showed up to listen, participate and discuss free desktop issues with the GNOME and KDE communities. The Gran Canaria Desktop Summit was supported by the local free software community which includes strong GNOME and KDE presence through GNOME Hispano and KDE España, including support from The Cabildo of Gran Canaria, both local universities (ULPGC and ULL), ESLIC, ASOLIF, and GULIC, among others. -
- -The Gran Canaria Desktop Summit was a success. The conversations that started at the summit will have an impact on the upcoming release of the GNOME and KDE desktops and will continue to foster cooperation between the GNOME and KDE communities. The communities are planning cross desktop hackfests to implement the ideas discussed at the summit. Free desktop users can expect to see the results of this conference in upcoming releases of the GNOME and KDE desktops. - - -GNOME and KDE plan to join together again in future years to make sure they are working effectively together to share technologies and advance the free desktop. The cooperation and conversations that began between the KDE and GNOME communities will continue into the future and in events like hackfests throughout the year, but next year the conferences will be hosted separately. GUADEC and Akademy hope to see both GNOME and KDE developers at their events as their communities work more closely together on joint technologies. - - -Both projects believe that the co-location of the GNOME conference GUADEC and the KDE conference Akademy was a successful event that brought the two communities together and they look forward to more co-located events in the years to come. - - -For more information on the organizations mentioned in this press release: -
-Why did you decide to co-locate in 2009?
-
-The GNOME and KDE communities decided to co-locate Akademy and GUADEC so that they could build the free desktop community and cooperate on technologies that make sense for both desktops.
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-Why did you decide not to co-locate in 2010?
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-It's important to us to continue to build the GNOME and KDE brands. In particular, with the release of GNOME 3.0 coming soon, the GNOME community wants to make sure they can focus on that.
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-Both communities want to co-locate again and hope to bring even more free desktop communities.
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-Will you co-locate in the future?
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-Yes. We are talking about co-locating events like hackfests now and plan to co-locate Akademy and GUADEC in a Desktop Summit in the future.
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-Was the conference a success?
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-Absolutely. The conference was a success for a community and technology perspective and was instrumental in furthering the free desktop movement.
-
-You said the co-location was a success but you've decided not to do it again, why?
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-When we decided to co-locate GUADEC and Akademy we were unsure if it was something we'd do once or every year or every x number of years. We've decided it was a success and we'd like to do it again in the future, but not next year. It's important to us to continue to build the GNOME and KDE brands. In particular, with the release of GNOME 3.0 coming soon, the GNOME community wants to make sure they can focus on that.
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-We will co-locate again in the future.
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-Where will GUADEC and Akademy be next year?
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-We don't know yet but the call for bids will be going out this week.
-
-KDE is an international technology team that creates free and open source -software for desktop and portable computing. Among KDE's products are a modern -desktop system for Linux and UNIX platforms, comprehensive office productivity -and groupware suites and hundreds of software titles in many categories -including Internet and web applications, multimedia, entertainment, -educational, graphics and software development. KDE software is translated -into more than 60 languages and is built with ease of use and modern -accessibility principles in mind. KDE4's full-featured applications run -natively on Linux, BSD, Solaris, Windows and Mac OS X. -
- - +Moved to news. diff --git a/announcements/2009-09-02-akademy-tampere.html b/announcements/2009-09-02-akademy-tampere.html index b6a8442..f9eee9d 100644 --- a/announcements/2009-09-02-akademy-tampere.html +++ b/announcements/2009-09-02-akademy-tampere.html @@ -1,58 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Akademy 2010 in Tampere, Finland" layout: page --- --The KDE community is proud to announce the location of next year's Akademy: -Tampere, Finland. Akademy is the yearly world conference held by the KDE -community to celebrate the Free Software desktop and work towards the future -of KDE. -
- --After a successful Akademy 2009 on the Canary Islands, as part of the Gran -Canaria Desktop Summit, Akademy heads north to the birthplace of Linux where -contributors will enjoy the midnight sun as they spend a week to present, plan -and participate in the development of KDE software. -
- --Akademy 2010 will be organized by COSS, the Finnish Centre for Open Source -Solutions in cooperation with KDE e.V. "We were happy to meet Mr. Ilkka -Lehtinen at GCDS," says Sebastian Kügler, board member of KDE e.V., -"and we -spent some time discussing what really goes into Akademy to make it such a -vibrant event." The conference is planned for late June or early July, and -announcements will be made when the date is finalized and contributors to the -Free Software desktop can start to make their summer plans. -
- --A call for papers and participation is expected in the dark days of the year. -Volunteers for the conference itself will be sought in the spring. Mr. Ilkka -Lehtinen will lead the local team, Kenny Duffus will lead the KDE team and -Claudia Rauch, Business Manager of KDE e.V., will be the central point -of contact and coordinate with the local team. -
- --Cornelius Schumacher, president of KDE e.V., says of the coming conference, -"it will be great to show our technology in new areas and to reach out to -the business community and Finland in particular with this Akademy. The release -of KDE 4.5 is scheduled around Akademy in 2010 and it will be a good moment to -look back at the road from KDE 4.0 to stability, beauty and elegance." -
- --KDE is an international technology team that creates free and open source -software for desktop and portable computing. Among KDE's products are a modern -desktop system for Linux and UNIX platforms, comprehensive office productivity -and groupware suites and hundreds of software titles in many categories -including Internet and web applications, multimedia, entertainment, -educational, graphics and software development. KDE software is translated -into more than 60 languages and is built with ease of use and modern -accessibility principles in mind. KDE4's full-featured applications run -natively on Linux, BSD, Solaris, Windows and Mac OS X. -
+Moved to news. diff --git a/announcements/2010-03-16-desktop-summit-2011.html b/announcements/2010-03-16-desktop-summit-2011.html index f2f2237..f6f9ca5 100644 --- a/announcements/2010-03-16-desktop-summit-2011.html +++ b/announcements/2010-03-16-desktop-summit-2011.html @@ -1,136 +1,7 @@ --- title: "GNOME Foundation and KDE e.V. to Co-Host Conferences in 2011" layout: page --- -BOSTON, March 16, 2010 -- Following the successful Gran Canaria -Desktop Summit in 2009, the GNOME Foundation and KDE e.V. Boards have -decided to co-locate their flagship conferences once again in 2011, -and are taking bids to host the combined event. The Desktop Summit -2011 will be the largest free desktop event ever.
+Moved to news. -In July of 2009, the GNOME and KDE communities came together for the -Gran Canaria Desktop Summit, the first co-located KDE/GNOME event. It -was a major success, and was a fantastic opportunity for the leaders -of the free software desktop efforts to share talks, communicate on -common issues, and attend combined social events. The attendees from -both projects expressed great interest in repeating the event and -merging the programmes to synchronize schedules and make the event an -even greater opportunity for the KDE and GNOME teams to learn from -each other and work together.
- -"The Gran Canaria Desktop Summit was a great first event," said -Vincent Untz, GNOME Foundation Board Member. "We enjoyed working with -our KDE friends at GCDS in 2009, and want to increase our cooperation -in 2011. We plan to go beyond simple co-location this time, and -actually plan a combined schedule in 2011 so that KDE and GNOME -contributors have every opportunity to work with and learn from each -other."
- -The combined summit is also an opportunity for commercial sponsors of -the GNOME and KDE projects to meet with the contributors from KDE and -GNOME and to help foster faster collaboration and development of the -free software desktop. Sponsors of the first Desktop Summit have -expressed great interest in seeing both communities working together -again.
- -The GNOME and KDE projects will hold independent events in 2010. -GUADEC, the GNOME Project's annual conference, will be held in The -Hague, Netherlands on July 24 through July 30 of this year. KDE's -Akademy will be located in Tampere, Finland from July 3 to 10 this -year. Both groups will likely hold smaller sprints through 2010 and -early 2011 to prepare for the combined 2011 Desktop Summit.
- -"The KDE e.V. board felt that GCDS was a fantastic event, and we -learned what works well and what can be improved when co-hosting an -event with our GNOME friends," said Cornelius Schumacher of the KDE -e.V. "KDE and GNOME share a lot of goals for the free desktop, as well -as technology, so we're excited to make use of this experience and -have an opportunity to co-locate again in 2011."
- -More than 850 contributors to the GNOME and KDE projects gathered in -Gran Canaria last July. The event brought together attendees from 50 -countries, and helped raise local awareness of free software and had a -measurable impact on the local community. The impact of the event -continues to be felt even after the event, with nearly 2 million hits -to the summit Web site following the event.
- -"We were thrilled to have GCDS right here, and felt that it was an -enormous boost for our local commitment to free software," said José -Miguel Santos Espino, Director of IT at the University of Las Palmas -de Gran Canaria. "It's hard to overstate how important it was to have -the opportunity to meet with contributors from GNOME and KDE and learn -more about what's possible on the desktop with free software."
- -The projects are seeking a host in Europe at a location that can -handle more than 1,000 participants. For detailed requirements, -prospective hosts can see the requirements for Akademy -(http://ev.kde.org/akademy/requirements.php) and GUADEC -(http://live.gnome.org/GuadecPlanningHowTo/CheckList). Applications -are welcomed before May 15th and should be sent to the KDE e.V. -(kde-ev-board@kde.ev) and the GNOME Foundation (board-list@gnome.org) -boards.
- --For further information, or for media enquiries, please contact -board@gnome.org and kde-ev-board@kde.org. -
- --KDE is an international technology team that creates free and open source -software for desktop and portable computing. Among KDE's products are a modern -desktop system for Linux and UNIX platforms, comprehensive office productivity -and groupware suites and hundreds of software titles in many categories -including Internet and web applications, multimedia, entertainment, educational, -graphics and software development. KDE software is translated into more than 60 -languages and is built with ease of use and modern accessibility principles in -mind. KDE4's full-featured applications run natively on Linux, BSD, Solaris, -Windows and Mac OS X. -
- --KDE e.V. is the organization that supports the growth of the KDE community. Its -mission statement -- to promote and distribute Free Desktop software -- is -provided through legal, financial and organizational support for the KDE -community. KDE e.V. organises the yearly KDE World Summit "Akademy", -along with numerous smaller-scale development meetings. -
- --More information about KDE and the KDE e.V. can be found at www.kde.org and ev.kde.org. -
- --GNOME is a free-software project whose goal is to develop a complete, accessible -and easy to use desktop for Linux and Unix-based operating systems. GNOME also -includes a complete development environment to create new applications. It is -released twice a year on a regular schedule. -
- --The GNOME desktop is used by millions of people around the world. GNOME is a -standard part of all leading GNU/Linux and Unix distributions, and is popular -with both large existing corporate deployments and millions of small business -and home users worldwide. -
- --Comprised of hundreds of volunteer developers and industry-leading companies, -the GNOME Foundation is an organization committed to supporting the advancement -of GNOME. The Foundation is a member directed, non-profit organization that -provides financial, organizational and legal support to the GNOME project and -helps determine its vision and roadmap. -
- --More information about GNOME and the GNOME Foundation can be found at -www.gnome.org and foundation.gnome.org. -
diff --git a/announcements/2010-07-14-kde-espania.html b/announcements/2010-07-14-kde-espania.html index 4a75e18..6b646ce 100644 --- a/announcements/2010-07-14-kde-espania.html +++ b/announcements/2010-07-14-kde-espania.html @@ -1,31 +1,6 @@ --- title: "KDE España to represent KDE e.V. in Spain" layout: page --- -TAMPERE, FINLAND, July 14th, 2010 -- During Akademy 2010, held in Tampere (Finland), KDE e.V. and KDE España signed an agreement making KDE España the official representative of KDE e.V. in its territory.
- -The agreement highlights several of the key goals that KDE e.V. and KDE España share, that is, thepromotion of Free Software and KDE Software in particular, acting as an enabler for the community and the non profit nature of the organization.
- -Celeste Lyn Paul, KDE e.V. Board member, states: "It is great to see such a strong local KDE community grow to the point where it has professional, institutionalized representation. We're happy to work together and strengthen the KDE community both in Spain and Worldwide".
- -Albert Astals Cid, President of KDE España Board, said: "We're proud that we now have a formalized relationship with our international sister organisation. This will help us be more effective in supporting the Spanish KDE community and strengthen the bond between us and the worldwide KDE community".
- -This means KDE España will be the nearest contact for all organizations and individuals who want to contact KDE representatives regarding any issue related to KDE, including but not limited to claims about KDE copyrights infringements in the Spanish territory.
- -In exchange, KDE España has to report at least once a year about its activities (events, collaborations, agreements...) and its members to KDE e.V. to make sure the organization is acting in accordance with the guidelines set by KDE e.V.
- -Both organizations expect this agreement will help the KDE sister organisation in Spain to improve its visibility users, companies and local institutions and help make it more effective in what it does, while at the same time increasing the bond between the local Spanish KDE community and the international team.
- - -KDE e.V. is a registered non-profit organization that represents the KDE Project in legal and financial matters.
- -The Association aids in creating and distributing KDE by securing cash, hardware, and other donations, then using donations to aid KDE development and promotion.
- -The Association was originally founded to create a legal entity capable of representing the KDE Project in the KDE Free Qt Foundation. The growing popularity of KDE also made it necessary to establish a thin organizational layer that is capable of handling all legal and financial interests of the KDE developers. In 1997 KDE e.V. was registered as an association under German law.
- - -KDE España is formed by developers and contributors of the KDE community with the aim of stimulating the development and use of the KDE software in the Spanish territory. Members of KDE España include a wide variety of KDE contributors, amongst them programmers, packagers, documenters, translators and artists. KDE España was registered as an association under the Spanish law in 2009.
+Moved to news. diff --git a/announcements/index.md b/announcements/index.md index c8e9c56..30634de 100644 --- a/announcements/index.md +++ b/announcements/index.md @@ -1,39 +1,42 @@ --- title: "KDE e.V. Announcements" layout: page --- +Announcements can now be found in the +[news](/news) section, +