On Thu, 2009-04-16 at 13:25 +0200, Kenneth Wimer wrote: > > == Top Goals == > > > > * Enjoyment: Having fun being creative and interacting in the > community > > * Growth: Practise and improve your artistic skills (possibly also > > managerial and writing skills), gather experience > > * Support: Further the goals of Ubuntu > > * Idealism (or long-term pragmatism ;): Advocate and showcase the > use > > of open-source tools in the design and artwork realm > > > > > > == Goals of Ubuntu == > > > > To offer a free (in both the economic and FSF sense), sustainable > > platform for commodity requirements with optional commercial support > > * To act according to the following ideals (from > > http://www.ubuntu.com/community/ubuntustory/philosophy): > > 1. Every computer user should have the freedom to download, run, > > copy, distribute, study, share, change and improve their > > software for any purpose, without paying licensing fees. > > 2. Every computer user should be able to use their software in the > > language of their choice. > > 3. Every computer user should be given every opportunity to use > > software, even if they work under a disability. > > * Have free software break into Microsoft's majority market share > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1 > > * Improve the overall usability of free software within Ubuntu. > > Surpass Apple in the quality of the user experience. > > > (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/23/shuttleworth_apple_challenge/, > > http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/162) > > > > I get the feeling that we are recreating some of the stuff from Kyüdo > somehow. I think a page like this is helpful, but we would do well to > make sure that we understand the exact need which is filled by this > page and how it interacts with other information.
Lol, that's because the 2nd part is from Kyüdo ;) Now resides at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Documentation/Briefing Regarding the need: everyone who is serious about artwork for Ubuntu needs such a briefing. I'll be happy if someone manages to improve it. -- Thorsten Wilms thorwil's design for free software: http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
