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Subject:    [kde-announce] KDE Launches User Forum
From:       Sebastian =?utf-8?q?K=C3=BCgler?= <sebas () kde ! org>
Date:       2008-10-12 14:03:08
Message-ID: 200810121603.08892.sebas () kde ! org
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       KDE Community Launches Web-based Bulletin Board Using MyBB 

 The KDE Community today launches the new KDE Forum. The new forum uses the 
bulletin board software MyBB offering users, developers and people interested 
in KDE a place to help each other, discuss KDE-related topics and exchange 
ideas. The KDE Forum complements KDE's UserBase, the home for KDE users as a 
valuable support resource. 

 In collaboration with KDE, the developers behind MyBB have decided to release 
their forum software under the terms of the GPL Version 3. Chris Boulton, 
project manager at the MyBB Group "The KDE forum guys have come to us with the 
wish to use their forum software. In this process, we needed to clear out our 
licensing, also to make it easier for the KDE community to leverage MyBB. As a 
result of that, we release the MyBB forum now under the terms of the GPL. This 
was very well-received by the community around MyBB" Entirely in the spirit of 
Free Software, the KDE Forum team has already contributed a number of plugins 
for MyBB, supporting the decision taken by the MyBB team.
 Rob la Lau, adds "We've chosen MyBB as it stands out head and shoulders above 
other candidates we have considered to adopt for the new KDE Forums. We know 
that a good piece of software makes a lot of difference to the user, after all 
we want to create a nice place for everybody to chat about KDE and related 
questions." 

 Sebastian Kügler, member of the KDE e.V. Board of Directors explains where 
the new KDE Forum fits into KDE communication infrastructure: "We've come to 
believe that mailinglist don't cut it for all users. KDE becoming increasingly 
widely used should also offer those that aren't familiar with the use of email 
for such discussions a place. The new KDE forum complements KDE's new end-user 
knowledge base Userbase that has been launched last month. At the same time, 
we're really happy to see that after our request the MyBB team has decided to 
release their forum software under the terms of the GPL." 

Read more on: http://kde.org/announcements/forum.php
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