Re: Microsoft taking inspiration from Plasma slogan

2021-06-29 Thread Uli Klinkhammer
I would see it totally different: Make it public as much as you can! Otherwise they will never stop with those stealings. And yes, let them use this slogan! We should take it as an honor. But let everybody know that it was stolen. greets, Uli On 29/06/2021 10:19, David Redondo wrote: > Hi,

Re: On the reappointment of Richard Stallman as a director of the FSF

2021-03-24 Thread Uli Klinkhammer
Dear Aleix, we all should know, that masses are a result of mass media. They just follow what they see. The monkey repeats what he perceives. Understanding this, I am in a very doubt that democratic structures as they exist today, are really reflecting a democratic system. Under this

Re: RMS and open letter

2021-03-23 Thread Uli Klinkhammer
Hey Carl, I am relatively new to the KDE community and to the Free Software Movement. So I really dont understand in detail what you are talking about. If you are talking about this: https://rms-open-letter.github.io/appendix .. I just can say, that we should have a closer look at Richards

Re: Announcing MyKDE

2020-10-03 Thread Uli Klinkhammer
Hey Carl. Great work!! Many thanks for that. Uli On 2020-10-03 11:56, Carl Schwan wrote: > Hello folks, > I'm happy to announce the successful deployment of the new identity system > in KDE, codename MyKDE. The new identity system is now available in > https://my.kde.org. You should be able to

Re: Fundraising in KDE

2020-09-29 Thread Uli Klinkhammer
On 2020-09-28 09:59, Boudewijn Rempt wrote: > On Sunday, 27 September 2020 21:36:46 CEST Vincent Pinon wrote: > > >> Very regularly, we have video editors asking how to give money (amounts >> 10€ to 100€) to boost development of that tool highly useful for them. >> When we answer to give to

Re: Fundraising in KDE

2020-09-26 Thread Uli Klinkhammer
Hey Eike, On 2020-09-23 13:32, Eike Hein wrote: > > KDE e.V.'s expenses in 2019 were higher than its income. This was by design, > because the organization has accumulated large financial reserves in recent > years and it is obligated, as a non-profit, to put them towards its mission >

Re: Fundraising in KDE

2020-09-26 Thread Uli Klinkhammer
On 2020-09-23 11:26, j...@ohyran.se wrote: >> Yes, messaging -- for Blender it's easy because there are many companies >> funding them for whom blender is a complement that replaces expensive >> alternatives. It's different for KDE, so that needs good thinking. >> >> Also... Just like Blender, KDE

Re: Proposal: Recurring donations - increase flexibility

2020-07-31 Thread Uli Klinkhammer
On 2020-07-31 01:35, Aleix Pol wrote: On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 9:52 PM Uli Klinkhammer wrote: Hey all, 100% on your side, Julian! KDE should try to be independent in the long term view. Therefor, the financial support of the user base is unavoidable. I see it as the only way to survive. I

Re: Proposal: Recurring donations - increase flexibility

2020-07-30 Thread Uli Klinkhammer
Hey all, 100% on your side, Julian! KDE should try to be independent in the long term view. Therefor, the financial support of the user base is unavoidable. I see it as the only way to survive. I heard that KDE is about to implement CiviCRM. And I saw that there was already a solution made

Re: KDE Apps name trademarks

2020-07-22 Thread Uli Klinkhammer
On 2020-07-21 23:27, Filipe Saraiva wrote: Em 20/07/2020 07:55, Albert Vaca Cintora escreveu: I think we should be happy there are packagers that distribute our software on Windows, the same way we are happy there are packages distributing our software on Linux distros. The problem is not

Re: KDE Apps name trademarks

2020-07-10 Thread Uli Klinkhammer
On 2020-07-09 15:48, Christoph Cullmann wrote: You might be able to do that, but as soon as you start to try to keep people from using the names, the cost-free, bureaucracy-free and layer free zone ends. But there it starts. What are the conditions? Is it ok to have e.g. "Kate" on some

Re: KDE Apps name trademarks

2020-07-08 Thread Uli Klinkhammer
Hey Jonathan, Hey all@kde, I am totally new to the KDE scene, but if you ask for my opinion: I would really not recommend it. If you begin with those "business game attitudes" on one day, you will most likely end up opening a Pandoras Box. In my opinion, the best is to keep out of those