The KDE Democracy

Kevin Ottens @ Akademy 2013

The KDE Democracy?

Kevin Ottens @ Akademy 2013

October 14th 1996

Kool Desktop Environment

Work

on the

Kool Desktop Environment

Modules

KDE Rebranding

Work

from

KDE

What!?

Why?

KDE1

Akademy 2006

The Quest for Project Identity and Definition

Aaron Seigo

KDE is not a project, it is an on-going process

Matthias Welwarsky (IIRC)

Democracy?

Democracy

needs

Citizens

KDE Citizens?

What is a KDE project?

Would KDE accept my project?

Values

Manifesto

Open Governance

Free Software

Inclusivity

Innovation

Common Ownership

End-User Focus

Many Projects

One Community

Cohesion

and

Diversity

Effects?

More Projects

Tying up Projects

What’s Next?

Completing

the

Democracy

Culture?

Community Governance

Projects Governance

Auto Organization

Respect the Elders

Alliance Management

“Foreign Office”

Incubator

(BoF, Tuesday 4pm, room B2)

To be continued…

Thank you!

  • Let’s keep walking the path and create great Free Software
  • This story is not over
  • We have plenty of opportunities, let’s work on them together with passion