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== KDE is a community == | |||
'''KDE is a friendly, international community''' of programmers, artists, designers, writers, creators who collaborate in developing libre software for anyone to use freely and for the good of mankind. We develop in the open, and value transparency. We have an open commit policy, and shared ownership of the codebase and all other assets. We document our code and processes and invite users to improve our documentation. | '''KDE is a friendly, international community''' of programmers, artists, designers, writers, creators who collaborate in developing libre software for anyone to use freely and for the good of mankind. We develop in the open, and value transparency. We have an open commit policy, and shared ownership of the codebase and all other assets. We document our code and processes and invite users to improve our documentation. | ||
== User-centered software == | |||
'''We consider our users to be paramount''', and call on them to help us test, translate, document as we develop. | '''We consider our users to be paramount''', and call on them to help us test, translate, document as we develop. | ||
* We value privacy and always give users control over their own identity and digital assets. | * We value privacy and always give users control over their own identity and digital assets. | ||
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* We release with Free Software licenses which allow commercial use. | * We release with Free Software licenses which allow commercial use. | ||
== Growing and changing == | |||
'''We mentor new developers''' in student programs such as Google Summer of Code, Google Code-In, and Season of KDE. We're encouraged to see many former students continue to blossom in the community, and become mentors in turn. Newcomers are creating the future of KDE. | '''We mentor new developers''' in student programs such as Google Summer of Code, Google Code-In, and Season of KDE. We're encouraged to see many former students continue to blossom in the community, and become mentors in turn. Newcomers are creating the future of KDE. | ||
== Citizen of the FOSS world == | |||
'''We strive to make our creative ecosystem as free and open as our software''' while remaining pragmatic. This has led us to establish the KDE Free Qt Foundation, and participate as an Associate Organization of the FSF Europe, an affiliate of the Open Source Initiative and a member of the Open Invention Network community of licensees. | '''We strive to make our creative ecosystem as free and open as our software''' while remaining pragmatic. This has led us to establish the KDE Free Qt Foundation, and participate as an Associate Organization of the FSF Europe, an affiliate of the Open Source Initiative and a member of the Open Invention Network community of licensees. | ||
Revision as of 00:18, 18 January 2016
What do we want KDE to be?
Vision for KDE
KDE is a community
KDE is a friendly, international community of programmers, artists, designers, writers, creators who collaborate in developing libre software for anyone to use freely and for the good of mankind. We develop in the open, and value transparency. We have an open commit policy, and shared ownership of the codebase and all other assets. We document our code and processes and invite users to improve our documentation.
User-centered software
We consider our users to be paramount, and call on them to help us test, translate, document as we develop.
- We value privacy and always give users control over their own identity and digital assets.
- Our users have the freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software.
- Our software uses the latest encryption algorithms, and comes without any backdoors, hidden monitoring, or data collection.
- We want enable end-users to manage their "digital life" using free software no matter which operating system or device.
- Consistency and integration between applications is reached by following common guidelines and using common technologies, such as Qt.
- We release with Free Software licenses which allow commercial use.
Growing and changing
We mentor new developers in student programs such as Google Summer of Code, Google Code-In, and Season of KDE. We're encouraged to see many former students continue to blossom in the community, and become mentors in turn. Newcomers are creating the future of KDE.
Citizen of the FOSS world
We strive to make our creative ecosystem as free and open as our software while remaining pragmatic. This has led us to establish the KDE Free Qt Foundation, and participate as an Associate Organization of the FSF Europe, an affiliate of the Open Source Initiative and a member of the Open Invention Network community of licensees.