Plasma Themes Contest writeup

[Jamboarder]

Below is a writeup for the Plasma Theme Contest we conversed about earlier on the panel-devel list.  Ivan, I wasn't sure if you had already done one, so here's something to work with if you have.  Feel free to make corrections as necessary.  If there's no objection to Sebastian's suggestion to post the contest announcement on the dot, I think that would work well.

Before that though, at least a couple items remain:
1. Where and how will we collect the submissions?
2. Are the dates provided below for submission deadlines, etc. appropriate?

Hope this helps,
Andrew Lake

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Announcement:
Plasma Themes Contest

The KDE Plasma team invites everyone to participate in a contest to create Plasma themes from which a select few will be chosen to include as part of the KDE 4.1 release. This is a great opportunity to contribute to a very visible component of the KDE project - the Plasma desktop.  

A great new feature of plasma is the ability to theme components of the desktop using Scalable Vector Graphics (SVGs).  This means there is no need for theme authors to know C++ or any other programming language to create a great looking theme.  They need only use common graphics tools many are already familiar with (e.g.Krita, Inkscape, The GIMP, Karbon, etc.).  Depending on your prowess with such tools, great looking plasma themes can be created in as little as an hour.  A quick guide to creating Plasma themes can be found here: http://techbase.kde.org/index.php?title=Development/Tutorials/Plasma/Theme

Rules:
1.  Submissions will be accepted as a tar.gz file of the theme folder. 
2.  Submissions must be made on before 9th April, 2008 18:00 UTC to be considered.
3.  Winners will be announced by 18th April, 2008.
4.  All artwork must be original or otherwise meet the requirements for distribution as part of a GPL licensed project.

Contestants not selected should feel free to make their themes available to the community (via KDE-Look or similar websites).