GNOME Foundation Then and Now — 20 years of bringing free software to the desktop
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GNOME Foundation exists as a US 501c3 nonprofit that holds copyrights, trademarks and bank accounts, runs conferences and hackfests, and pays staff — now about 8.5 staff — while membership drops from 372 members in 2000 to 219 members today. Early funding includes a $30,000 Slashdot prize; trademark pressure from Groupon is repelled by community fundraising, and a patent suit ends with Rothschild granting releases and covenants for OSI‑licensed software.
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chapters (22)
- 0:00Start
- 0:38The Gnome Foundation
- 2:21The Gnome Project
- 3:23October Gnome
- 4:18First Gnome Conference
- 7:42Structure of the Gnome Foundation
- 10:23Board of Directors
- 13:09Committees
- 13:49Elections Committee
- 13:59Current Committees
- 16:06Advisory Board
- 18:01Conferences
- 20:06Gnome Asia Conference
- 21:16Hackfests
- 22:38Coding Education Challenge
- 23:24University Outreach Initiative
- 23:58History the Gnome Outreach Program for Women
- 25:05Outreach Program for Women
- 25:34Software Freedom Conservancy
- 26:27Trademark Battle with Groupon
- 28:27Patent Dispute
- 30:00Fundraising
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