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Subject:    Re: [kde-community] finding a clear vision for KDE - second draft for discussion
From:       Laszlo Papp <lpapp () kde ! org>
Date:       2016-02-15 21:37:49
Message-ID: CAOMwXhPbbo4RyirnjXPMg-RTJ4xjSZwQQRuJWzLjB54f=ES9DQ () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 9:27 PM, Thomas Pfeiffer <thomas.pfeiffer@kde.org>
wrote:

> On Montag, 15. Februar 2016 21:49:58 CET Alexander Neundorf wrote:
> > On Monday, February 15, 2016 18:36:18 Lydia Pintscher wrote:
> > > Hi everyone,
> > >
> > > A bit less than two weeks ago we sent the first draft for the
> > > community vision for KDE. We have gotten a lot of useful feedback and
> > > have now put this into a second draft. It reads as follows:
> > > "KDE creates technology for a world in which everyone has freedom,
> > > privacy and control over their digital life."
> >
> > just to make sure: this intentionally uses "technology" and not
> "software" ?
>
> Yes, this is intentional. Since the vision is supposed to merely outline
> the
> future we want to live in, not how to get there, we did not want to
> restrict
> ourselves to software.
>
> If, say, 10 years down the road, hard- and software is so much intertwined
> that we cannot influence the future with software alone anymore, we don't
> want
> people to say "But our vision says we only do software!".
>

In which case, what if digital life is not the future?

(SCNR)

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<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, \
Feb 15, 2016 at 9:27 PM, Thomas Pfeiffer <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a \
href="mailto:thomas.pfeiffer@kde.org" \
target="_blank">thomas.pfeiffer@kde.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc \
solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Montag, 15. Februar 2016 21:49:58 CET \
Alexander Neundorf wrote:<br> &gt; On Monday, February 15, 2016 18:36:18 Lydia \
Pintscher wrote:<br> &gt; &gt; Hi everyone,<br>
&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt; &gt; A bit less than two weeks ago we sent the first draft for the<br>
&gt; &gt; community vision for KDE. We have gotten a lot of useful feedback and<br>
&gt; &gt; have now put this into a second draft. It reads as follows:<br>
&gt; &gt; &quot;KDE creates technology for a world in which everyone has freedom,<br>
&gt; &gt; privacy and control over their digital life.&quot;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; just to make sure: this intentionally uses &quot;technology&quot; and not \
&quot;software&quot; ?<br> <br>
</span>Yes, this is intentional. Since the vision is supposed to merely outline \
the<br> future we want to live in, not how to get there, we did not want to \
restrict<br> ourselves to software.<br>
<br>
If, say, 10 years down the road, hard- and software is so much intertwined<br>
that we cannot influence the future with software alone anymore, we don&#39;t \
want<br> people to say &quot;But our vision says we only do \
software!&quot;.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>In which case, what if digital \
life is not the future?<br><br></div><div \
class="h5">(SCNR)<br></div></div></div></div></div></div>


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