public institutions using Krita

[halla at valdyas.org]

Hi Joseph,

I'm not aware of any public institutions that use Krita officially. 
Several art academies in the Netherlands, notably those of Breda, 's 
Hertogenbosch and Zwolle, use Krita or allow students to use Krita. Some 
US school districts have asked me to sign all kinds of weird papers that 
would allow them to use Krita in their classrooms, but since they don't 
send us money, I have declined to send them signed documents.

Halla

On 2026-10-20 13:14, Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss wrote:
> Hello Krita devs,
> 
> I am compiling a list of public institutions that use KDE Plasma and 
> KDE applications as part of KDE's digital sovereignty strategy. To 
> support this effort, I have a few questions for the Krita team:
> 
> 1. Do you know of any public institutions that use Krita or other KDE 
> software? (Not just in Europe!) If so, do you have any contacts there 
> who might be willing to talk to us?
> 
> 2. Have you ever received a compliance request from a public authority 
> related to Krita or other KDE software? (GDPR compliance and the like.) 
> If permitted, could you provide contact info?
> 
> 3. Do you have any other leads which might be helpful? Even just 
> knowing the name of an institution that might use KDE software would be 
> a good starting point.
> 
> The aim is to collect data about the use of KDE software in public 
> institutions and to eventually have contacts there. If you know of 
> other organizations beyond public institutions using KDE, don't 
> hesitate to add them as well. This information will be helpful in 
> promoting adoption of KDE software in other public institutions etc. 
> looking to migrate to Free Software.
> 
> Like to get involved with KDE's digital sovereignty strategy? Please 
> join the Matrix room - we'd love to have you:
> 
>   #kde4digsov:kde.org
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help!
> 
> Cheers,
> Joseph