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Subject:    www/sites/www/community/whatiskde
From:       Jos Poortvliet <jospoortvliet () kde ! org>
Date:       2010-02-09 13:43:27
Message-ID: 1265723007.054284.16846.nullmailer () svn ! kde ! org
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SVN commit 1087742 by jpoortvliet:

some additions and improvements to the management overview of how we work


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--- trunk/www/sites/www/community/whatiskde/management.php #1087741:1087742
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 <h2>How is KDE managed?</h2>
 
 <p>Any team of substantial size requires mechanisms in place to ensure smooth \
                operations, and 
-KDE is no exception. There are a number of smaller groups within KDE that influence \
                the 
-direction of the whole organization.</p>
+KDE is no exception. The KDE community is organized around a large number of \
semi-independent teams, and has a few over-arching groups which take care of \
coordination and communication.</p>  
 <h3>KDE Core</h3>
 
-<p>Membership to the core group, 'The KDE Core Team', is 
-purely merit based, and its membership can be difficult
-to strictly define. Anyone can become a member of the core group, 
-the particular contributor must however have distinguished 
-him/herself through outstanding work and dedication 
-towards the KDE project, over a considerable period of time.
+<p>Membership to the core group, 'The KDE Core Team', is purely merit based, and its \
membership can be difficult to strictly define at any point in time. Anyone can \
become a member of this core group, the particular contributor must however have \
distinguished him/herself through outstanding work and dedication towards the KDE \
community over a considerable period of time.  </p><p>
-The KDE Core group decides on the
-overall direction of the KDE Platform. Contrary to the development of other free \
                software
-projects, most notably the Linux Kernel, KDE does not have 
-a single 'benevolent
-dictator' who vetoes important decisions. Instead, the KDE the core
-group of several dozen contributors takes decisions on the 
-basis of merit and consensus building.</p>
-<p>Primarily, this team communicates using the <tt>kde-core-devel</tt> mailing list, \
                
-which is publicly archived and readable, but requires approval before joining. This
-ensures that the list is populated by active contributors.</p>
+The KDE Core group decides on the overall direction of the KDE Platform. Contrary to \
the development of other free software projects, most notably the Linux Kernel, KDE \
does not have a single 'benevolent dictator' who can veto important decisions. \
Instead, at KDE the core team consisting of several dozen contributors takes \
decisions on the basis of merit and consensus building.</p>  
+<p>Primarily, this team communicates using the <tt>kde-core-devel</tt> mailing list, \
which is publicly archived and readable, but requires approval before joining. This \
ensures that the list is populated by active contributors.</p> +
 <h3>The KDE e.V.</h3>
 
 <p>Since any large project will need to handle legal and financial issues on \
occasion,  @@ -47,15 +34,19 @@
 
 <h3>Other groups</h3>
 
-<p>Within the KDE community, there are many smaller teams of people tasked with \
specific jobs. For  +<p>Within the KDE community, there are many smaller teams \
working towards specific goals. For   example, the Release Team is responsible for \
ensuring that the KDE Software Compilation is   released on a schedule that they \
decide and enforce. The marketing and promotion team is   responsible for ensuring \
timely and accurate information about KDE or KDE products are widely   available. The \
web team maintains much of the content of KDE's web presence, while  the system \
                administration team ensures that the hardware and software behind \
                KDE's infrastruture
-is function. Since membership in most of these teams is open and transient, new \
contributors are +functions properly. Since membership in most of these teams is open \
and transient, new contributors are more than  welcome.</p>
 
+<h3>Development</h3>
+
+<p>Development is further organized alongside topical teams like education, office \
or network applications. While these teams work mostly independent and do not all \
follow a common release schedule, there are many people working with and in several \
teams. We all share a common purpose and a common passion, which brings us together \
at least once a year at <a href="http://akademy.kde.org">Akademy</a> or <a \
href="http://camp.kde.org">Camp KDE</a>, the two yearly conferences. Akademy takes \
place in or close to Europe while Camp KDE is a north-american event. Of course there \
are a variety of events around the world with a strong presence of the KDE community, \
including several in Brazil, India and other places.</p> +
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