On Saturday, February 13, 2016 9:35:22 PM AMT Ingo Klöcker wrote: > On Monday 08 February 2016 17:07:26 Alexander Dymo wrote: > > > We define the goal for KDE not in technical terms, but in terms of > > > Freedom, user control and privacy. > > > > I understand this part clearly. I just say that this goal is too > > broadly defined, and, therefore hardly reachable by a single > > organization like KDE. > > I think you misunderstand what (the purpose of) a vision is. Let's look > at an example. > > Oxfam's vision is "a just world without poverty". > https://www.oxfam.org/en/our-purpose-and-beliefs > > This goal is hardly reachable by a single organization like Oxfam. > > > > Most free software communities, including KDE, already work towards > > that goal. > > Exactly. Just as many other NGOs are working towards the same goal as > Oxfam. > > > > Defining it in writing as the goal of KDE adds neither value nor > > attractiveness to KDE as a project. > > Well, that's debatable (and I disagree with it), but I hope you agree > that not defining it in writing as the goal of KDE can only reduce KDE's > attractiveness (because some potential contributors might fail to see > our goal and decide to join another community). > > I think your concern is that the vision does not function as > differentiation from other free software communities. That's correct, > but setting KDE apart from other free software communities is not the > purpose of the vision. What differentiates us from other free software > communities is not our goal, but the way we want to reach (resp. > approach) this goal. And this way should be spelled out in the mission.
+1 to all you said. > > Regards, > Ingo >
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