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<title>The GNOME Foundation</title>
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2004-04-18 18:33:55 +00:00
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<h1>The GNOME Foundation</h1>
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<h2>Introduction</h2>
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The GNOME Project is an effort to create a complete, free and easy-to-use
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desktop environment for users, as well as a powerful application
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development framework for software developers. GNOME is part of the <a
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href="http://www.gnu.org/">GNU Project</a>, and is <a
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href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html">Free Software</a>
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(sometimes referred to as <a href="http://www.opensource.org/">Open
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Source</a> software).
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The GNOME Foundation will work to further the goal of the GNOME project:
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to create a computing platform for use by the general public that is
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completely free software.
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To achieve this goal, the Foundation will coordinate releases of GNOME and
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determine which projects are part of GNOME. The Foundation will act as an
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official voice for the GNOME project, providing a means of communication
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with the press and with commercial and noncommercial organizations
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interested in GNOME software. The foundation may produce educational
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materials and documentation to help the public learn about GNOME software.
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In addition, it may sponsor GNOME-related technical conferences, and
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represent GNOME at relevant conferences sponsored by others, help create
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technical standards for the project and promote the use and development of
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GNOME software.
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</p>
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<h2>News</h2>
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<ul>
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2005-11-14 18:18:05 +00:00
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<li>
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<strong>Results of the Reducing Board Size Referendum official</strong>
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<small>(14/11/2005)</small>
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<blockquote>
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The GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee is pleased
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to announce that the results for the reducing board size referendum
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are now official. There will be 7 slots to be filled in all future
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GNOME Foundation elections, instead of 11 previously.
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</blockquote>
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2005-11-07 07:34:18 +00:00
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<li>
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<strong>Preliminary results of the Reducing Board Size Referendum</strong>
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<small>(07/11/2005)</small>
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<blockquote>
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The preliminary results of the reducing board size referendum have
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been <a href="vote/results.php?election_id=1">posted</a>.
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You can <a href="vote/votes.php?election_id=1">verify the
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results</a> yourself.
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Any challenges to these results must be received by November 13th.
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</blockquote>
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2005-11-04 10:27:27 +00:00
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<li>
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<strong>2005 GNOME Foundation Elections</strong>
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<small>(04/11/2005)</small>
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The GNOME Foundation <a href="elections/2005/">elections</a> will
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begin this month. If you want to run for these elections, you have to
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nominate yourself before November 14th. Take a look at the <a
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href="elections/2005/rules.html">rules and the timeline</a>.
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</blockquote>
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2003-11-02 05:06:55 +00:00
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<p>More news is available <a href="news/">here</a>.</p>
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<h2>Sponsors</h2>
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<a href="http://www.debian.org/"><img src="img/logos/debian.gif" alt="Debian" border="0" hspace="8" vspace="5" align="middle" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.fsf.org/"><img src="img/logos/fsf.gif" alt="Free Software Foundation" border="0" hspace="8" vspace="5" align="middle" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.hp.com/"><img src="img/logos/hp.gif" alt="Hewlett Packard" border="0" hspace="8" vspace="5" align="middle" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.ibm.com/"><img src="img/logos/ibm.gif" alt="IBM" border="0" hspace="8" vspace="5" align="middle" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.mandrakesoft.com/"><img src="img/logos/mandrakesoft.gif" alt="MandrakeSoft" border="0" hspace="8" vspace="5" align="middle" /></a>
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2004-02-12 20:41:47 +00:00
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<a href="http://www.novell.com/"><img src="img/logos/novell.gif" alt="Novell Inc." border="0" hspace="8" vspace="5" align="middle" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.osdn.com/"><img src="img/logos/osdn.gif" alt="OSDN" border="0" hspace="8" vspace="5" align="middle" /></a>
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2003-11-02 05:06:55 +00:00
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<a href="http://www.redflag-linux.com/"><img src="img/logos/redflag.gif" alt="Redflag Software Co., Ltd." border="0" hspace="8" vspace="5" align="middle" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.redhat.com/"><img src="img/logos/redhat.gif" alt="Red Hat" border="0" hspace="8" vspace="5" align="middle" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.sun.com/"><img src="img/logos/sun.gif" alt="Sun Microsystems" border="0" hspace="8" vspace="5" align="middle" /></a>
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