[dot] Trolltech Becomes the First Corporate Patron of KDE

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URL: http://dot.kde.org/1172617283/

From: Sebastian Kügler <sebas at kde.org>
Dept: all-your-support-are-belong-to-us
Date: Tuesday 27/Feb/2007, @15:01

Trolltech Becomes the First Corporate Patron of KDE
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   Trolltech [http://www.trolltech.com], the Norwegian company behind 
the Qt toolkit has become the second Patron of KDE. Trolltech itself
should not need an introduction, since they have worked together with
the KDE project since its inception ten years ago. Knut Irvin, the
community manager for Trolltech points out that "KDE does an excellent
job of making UNIX-based desktops easy to use. Trolltech gains from
feedback, bug reports and the spread of Qt through the success of KDE".

     Being a Patron of KDE [http://ev.kde.org/supporting-members.php] 
is an ideal way to both support the KDE project and become a more active
member of the KDE community. After the inaugural  membership of Mark
Shuttleworth [http://dot.kde.org/1160932072/],  Trolltech is the first
corporate Patron of KDE.

     "Being a Patron of KDE should help KDE when organising developer
gatherings and  organising the voluntary effort done by thousands of
developers", Irvin continues. Trolltech's involvement with KDE is
widely-acknowledged, the company providing the Qt toolkit, a high
performance, cross-platform developer framework which is distributed as
Free Software under the terms of the GPL license.

     Patrons of KDE may display the "Patron of KDE" logo on their
website and any other material for as long as they are a Patron of KDE
and will be listed on the KDE e.V. website, if they so wish. This is the
highest level of membership available within KDE e.V., and will allow
KDE e.V. to continue its work supporting and maintaining the structures
of development.

     Of course, aside from financial matters, sponsors of KDE are a
vital part of the vibrant community outreach and relations scheme -
feedback from all our supporters helps to shape our shared goals and
future development.

     KDE e.V. wishes to thank all its current supporters, and would like
to invite all interested parties to help us continue to serve the KDE
community.