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List:       kde-promo
Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] KDE Manifesto
From:       Eva Brucherseifer <eva.brucherseifer () basyskom ! de>
Date:       2004-12-20 9:28:01
Message-ID: 200412201028.01912.eva.brucherseifer () basyskom ! de
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Hi,

Am Samstag, 18. Dezember 2004 08:27 schrieb Steven William Giacomelli:
> On December 17, 2004 09:02 am, David Faure wrote:
> > On Friday 17 December 2004 14:59, Steven William Giacomelli wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > I'm not sure if something like this exists or not but would it be a
> > > good idea to write a KDE Manifesto listing the principles, objectives,
> > > and goals of the KDE project. Something like that could act as a base
> > > for any position issued publically to KDE and it could also help to
> > > unify media/public communications about the KDE project. -- Note: if
> > > this is a good idea I'm in no position to draft it since I'm a newbie
> > > to this.
> > 
> > http://www.kde.org/whatiskde/ might be the closest we have to that.
> 
> I guess there is a something of a manifesto published
> 
> http://www.kde.org/whatiskde/kdemanifesto.php
> 
> Not sure how I missed that -- seems to be 14 months old :S

it is much older, something like several years.

> 
> Is is possible for a community with diverse interests to have a central
> override goal? or mission statement? Though for any successful strategy it
> always has to related back to a goal to be achievable.....
> 
> So for the risk of being flamed, having it pointed out to me that this
> already exists etc I would like to propose that the mission statement of
> KDE be worded as such -- this is just what I'm writing -- I'm sure with
> feedback a mission statement that everybody can agree upon mostly is
> possible... anyway he is what i suggest.
> 
> KDE MISSION STATEMENT
> 
> "To create, maintain, improve and promote KDE and related software using
> the bazaar model with the aim to provide the best free and opensource
> software avaliable. With the long term goal through KDE to promote and
> develop a community of users and developers to further the mainstream
> adoption and development of free and opensource software and platforms.

KDE e.V. has a mission statement. Unfortunately the new statutes are not 
translated to English yet. 

Greetings,
eva

> 
> Anyway thats a suggestion -- i'm sure there are ways to improve it =)
> 
> Steven Giacomelli

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