GNOME Foundation

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The Gnome Foundation = the non-profit assocation supporting the Gnome Project


URL = http://foundation.gnome.org/


Description

"The GNOME Project is an effort to create a complete, free and easy-to-use desktop environment for users, as well as a powerful application development framework for software developers. GNOME is part of the GNU Project, and is Free Software (sometimes referred to as Open Source software).

The GNOME Foundation will work to further the goal of the GNOME project: to create a computing platform for use by the general public that is completely free software.

To achieve this goal, the Foundation will coordinate releases of GNOME and determine which projects are part of GNOME. The Foundation will act as an official voice for the GNOME project, providing a means of communication with the press and with commercial and noncommercial organizations interested in GNOME software. The foundation may produce educational materials and documentation to help the public learn about GNOME software. In addition, it may sponsor GNOME-related technical conferences, and represent GNOME at relevant conferences sponsored by others, help create technical standards for the project and promote the use and development of GNOME software." (http://foundation.gnome.org/)


More Information

The Wikipedia article is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME_Foundation

See FLOSS Governance for similar organizations, and the entry on Peer Governance for some broader context.

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