Hi everyone, as Lydia already wrote earlier today, there have been activities in the KDE community to come up with a vision for the KDE project for the next years, so we can better work together to achieve our goals as a community.
Additionally to the team presented by Lydia, an additional team formed beginning of this year and produced an alternative draft for a vision for KDE, which we hope can guide KDE into a successful future. The following people worked on or provided input to this draft: Alexander Dymo Alex Neundorf David Edmundson Jaroslaw Staniek Mirko Böhme Pau Garcia i Quiles Coordinated with the team presented by Lydia we post our draft also today here. The original is at https://community.kde.org/KDE/VisionDraftA . So here we go: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ KDE is an end-user focused, openly governed community of free software enthusiasts that strives to provide graphical user interfaces and applications for end-users for all types of computers across the device spectrum: desktops PCs, laptops, tablets, smartphones, etc. We believe that software should be free and respectful of the privacy of our users. Our values are stated in the KDE Manifesto. To achieve our goals we work on: 1) A complete set of cross-platform end-user applications We want to offer a complete set of end-user applications running on all major operating systems (Linux, OSX, Windows, Android, etc.). This way we enable end-users to manage their "digital life" using free software no matter on which operating system. The set of applications covers internet, office, communication, multimedia, games and many other. They provide the familiar and consistent KDE user experience while fully integrating into the host operating system. This is reached by following common guidelines and using common technologies. 2) A modern desktop environment for UNIX operating systems We provide a classical desktop environment for computers and devices running Linux or any other UNIX-compatible operating system (as known from KDE 3 and Plasma). It delivers a polished user experience, is easy to use and flexible. It contains the essentials of a desktop and basic applications like a file manager and a web browser, etc.. 3) A user interface for mobile/embedded Linux systems We want KDE to offer the most advanced "desktop" for "mobile Linux", like tablets, smartphones or embedded systems. 4) A cross-platform Software Development Kit We support the development of end-user desktop and applications by developing reusable software frameworks. We build on top of the cross-platform Qt framework and provide an extensive set of add-on libraries and components to do the tasks above. Our libraries are cross-platform, stable, and provide source and binary compatibility guarantees. They are licensed under Free Software licenses which allow commercial use. ------------------------------ This probably doesn't fit the definition of what a "vision statement" should be, it's too long for that, maybe it's a mixture of a vision and a mission, but more importantly, after reading it, people (hopefully) know what KDE is about. So, now that you have seen this draft and the one posted by Lydia, make up your mind about where you would like to see KDE go in the next years for yourself. We are happy to get comments or any other feedback on this draft, and we are looking forward to a lively and constructive discussion about the future of KDE. Let's make KDE rule the world of free GUI software ! :-) Alex D, Alex N., Jaroslaw, Mirko _______________________________________________ kde-community mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-community
