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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, is Free Software, and developed 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.
Following the successful Gran Canaria Desktop Summit in 2009, the GNOME Foundation and KDE e.V. Boards have decided to co-locate their flagship conferences once again in 2011, and are taking bids to host the combined event. The Desktop Summit 2011 will be the largest free desktop event ever. Read the press release.
The GNOME Foundation has received a substantial donation from the Mozilla Corporation to benefit accessibility (a11y) efforts. The donation will help continue the collaborative efforts between GNOME and Mozilla on a11y. The donation of $10,000 will be used in part to send GNOME developers to the 25th Annual International CSUN Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference. Read the press release.
The GNOME Foundation would like to present the Q4 2009 Quarterly report (HTML version). Q4 is normally a quiet quarter — but not for GNOME! During Q4 we had our annual GNOME Asia, GNOME Forum Brazil and Boston Summit events as well as a record four hackfests! The Marketing, Zeitgeist, Video and WebKitGTK+ teams all made good progress on their goals during their hackfests. Next quarter we'll continue the good work with hackfests planned in areas like usability and accessibility. GNOME will also be represented at a number of events like FOSDEM, SCALE, FOSS 2010 Workshop, Open Mobility, Libre Planet and more! In addition to events, teams like the System Administration team have made a lot of progress — they've installed Piwik, Plone, Splinter, and CiviCRM to improve GNOME's infrastructure. This quarter's update also includes an update from the GNOME Board of Directors. Read on to hear all of the fabulous work that was done on GNOME in Q4 2009!
You can also find more informal news at the Foundation Blog, or read previous news.
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