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The GNOME Project is an effort to create a complete, free and easy-to-use desktop environment for users, as well as a powerful application development framework for software developers. GNOME is part of the GNU Project, and is Free Software (sometimes referred to as Open Source software).
The GNOME Foundation will work to further the goal of the GNOME project: to create a computing platform for use by the general public that is completely free software.
To achieve this goal, the Foundation will coordinate releases of GNOME and determine which projects are part of GNOME. The Foundation will act as an official voice for the GNOME project, providing a means of communication with the press and with commercial and noncommercial organizations interested in GNOME software. The foundation may produce educational materials and documentation to help the public learn about GNOME software. In addition, it may sponsor GNOME-related technical conferences, and represent GNOME at relevant conferences sponsored by others, help create technical standards for the project and promote the use and development of GNOME software.
The preliminary results of the anonymous voting referendum have been posted. You can verify the results yourself. Any challenges to these results must be received by October 22nd.
The GNOME Foundation will hold a referendum about anonymous voting in a few weeks. Take a look at the rules and the timeline.
The GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee is pleased to announce that the results for the 2003 GNOME Foundation elections are now official. The Foundation board directors for the 2003/2004 term of office are:
Jonathan Blandford, Dave Camp, Glynn Foster, Nat Friedman, Jody Goldberg, Bill Haneman, Leslie Proctor, Owen Taylor, Malcolm Tredinnick, Luis Villa, Jeff Waugh.
The preliminary results of the elections have been posted. You can verify the results yourself. Any challenges to these results must be received by December 19th.
The fifth annual GNOME User and Developer European Conference (GUADEC) will draw businesses, government, education and end users to Kristiansand, Norway June 28-30, 2004. See press release.
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