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2008-04-22 Behdad Esfahbod <behdad@gnome.org>
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<title>The GNOME Foundation</title>
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<h1>The GNOME Foundation</h1>
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<h2>Introduction</h2>
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<p>
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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>, is <a
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href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html">Free Software</a>,
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and developed 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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<strong>KDE e.V. and the GNOME Foundation to co-host flagship conferences</strong>
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<small>(2008-04-22)</small>
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<blockquote>
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The boards of KDE e.V. and the GNOME Foundation have issued a call to co-host
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Akademy and GUADEC, the flagship conferences of the KDE and GNOME projects
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respectively, during the Summer of 2009.
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<a href="http://www.gnome.org/press/releases/2008-04-22-akademy-guadec.html">Read
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more</a>
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<strong>3rd GNOME Mobile Summit to be held in Austin</strong>
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<small>(06/04/2008)</small>
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The 3rd GNOME Mobile Summit being held as part of the Linux Foundation
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Collaboration Summit in Austin from the 8th to the 10th of April will be
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a forum where industry and community merge into one, enabling effective
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collaboration on adapting the GNOME platform to the needs of mobile
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computing. <a href="http://www.gnome.org/press/releases/2008-04-mobilesummit.html">Read
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more</a>
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</blockquote>
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<li>
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<strong>GNOME Foundation Annual Report 2007 released</strong>
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<small>(10/03/2008)</small>
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<blockquote>
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The second annual report of the GNOME Foundation is available for
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<a href="about/gnome_annual_report_2007.pdf">download (1860 KB, PDF)</a> now.<br/>
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The report aims to bring a summary of GNOME community activities in 2007.
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It includes a review of the year, accounts of various community
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activities and events around the world, and foundation development
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actions during the year.
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<strong>GNOME Foundation and Mozilla Foundation join forces</strong>
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<small>(04/03/2008)</small>
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The GNOME Foundation and the Mozilla Foundation will increase their
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collaboration to improve developer support and user experience. As
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part of this partnership, the Mozilla Foundation joins the GNOME
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Foundation advisory board and announces a grant of $10,000 to be
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spent on the improvement of accessibility.<br/>
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Read the <a
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href="http://www.gnome.org/press/releases/2008-03-mofojoins.html">announcement</a>
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for more information.
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</blockquote>
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<strong>GUADEC 2008 to be held in Istanbul</strong>
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<small>(28/02/2008)</small>
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<blockquote>
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The ninth GUADEC, the annual GNOME conference, will be held in
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Istanbul, Turkey from the 7th to the 12th of July 2008. The
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conference will bring together the GNOME development and user
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community and key personalities from businesses and governments, to
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discuss the future direction of the GNOME project. Read the <a
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href="http://www.gnome.org/press/releases/guadec2008.html">press
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release</a>.
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<strong>GNOME Foundation Announces Program to Sponsor Accessibility Projects</strong>
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<small>(27/02/2008)</small>
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The GNOME Foundation is running an accessibility outreach program,
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offering USD$50,000 to be split among individuals. This program will
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promote software accessibility awareness among the GNOME community as
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well as harden and improve the overall quality of the GNOME
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accessibility offering. Read the full <a
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href="http://www.gnome.org/press/releases/gop-a11y.html">announcement</a>.
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</blockquote>
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</ul>
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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.access-company.com/"><img src="img/logos/access.gif" alt="ACCESS" border="0" hspace="8" vspace="5" align="middle" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.canonical.com/"><img src="img/logos/canonical.png" alt="Debian" border="0" hspace="8" vspace="5" align="middle" /></a>
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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.png" 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.png" alt="IBM" border="0" hspace="8" vspace="5" align="middle" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.igalia.com/"><img src="img/logos/igalia.png" alt="Igalia" border="0" hspace="8" vspace="5" align="middle" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.imendio.com/"><img src="img/logos/imendio.png" alt="Imendio" border="0" hspace="8" vspace="5" align="middle" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.intel.com/"><img src="img/logos/intel.png" alt="Intel" border="0" hspace="8" vspace="5" align="middle" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.mozilla.org/"><img src="img/logos/mozilla-foundation.png" alt="Mozilla Foundation" border="0" hspace="8" vspace="5" align="middle" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.nokia.com/"><img src="img/logos/nokia.gif" alt="Nokia" border="0" hspace="8" vspace="5" align="middle" /></a>
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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.laptop.org/"><img src="img/logos/olpc.gif" alt="OLPC" border="0" hspace="8" vspace="5" align="middle" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.o-hand.com/"><img src="img/logos/openedhand.png" alt="OpenedHand" border="0" hspace="8" vspace="5" align="middle" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.redhat.com/"><img src="img/logos/redhat.png" alt="Red Hat" border="0" hspace="8" vspace="5" align="middle" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.softwarefreedom.org/"><img src="img/logos/sflc.gif" alt="Software Freedom Law Center" border="0" hspace="8" vspace="5" align="middle" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.sun.com/"><img src="img/logos/sun.png" alt="Sun Microsystems" border="0" hspace="8" vspace="5" align="middle" /></a>
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<p>
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Pro bono legal services provided by <a href="http://www.wsgr.com/">Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati</a> and the <a href="http://www.softwarefreedom.org/">Software Freedom Law Center</a>.
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