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The Role of a Nonprofit In Open Source Development

Posted by timothy on from the gentle-guidance dept.

jrepin writes KDE is among the biggest open source projects which continues to innovate and evolve with the changing times. Often we have seen this particular community create technologies ahead of its time which were later adopted by other projects. The Linux Foundation talked to Lydia Pintscher, the president of the KDE e.V., the nonprofit organization that oversees the legal and financial aspects of the KDE project, to understand the relationship between the community and the organization. We also discussed the challenge of recruiting more women to open source projects and women in the KDE community.

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  1. Why by _Sharp'r_ · · Score: 5, Insightful

    We also discussed the challenge of recruiting more women to open source projects and women in the KDE community.

    Why?

    How about asking about the challenges of recruiting more GUI designers, or more programmers, or more QA testers, or more of some group KDE specifically needs more of. Why ask about women?

    It's almost like there's some sort of additional agenda beyond just interviewing the KDE folks....

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