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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 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.
The GNOME Foundation elections will begin in November. If you want to run for these elections, you have to nominate yourself before November 7th. Take a look at the rules and the timeline.
Free software luminaries, open source developers gather to advance the next generation of the multi-platform desktop environment in June, Dublin Ireland.
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