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KDE e.V. is a registered non-profit organization that represents the KDE community in the legal and financial entities. The association supports KDE’s work in cash, hardware, and other donations, and then the use of donations to help the KDE development, but not influence on development. “e.V.” stands for “eingetragener Verein” which means “registered association”.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher= KDE e.V. Board )〕 The three flags on top of the KDE e.V. logo represent the three main tasks of the KDE e.V.: supporting the community, representing the community, and governing the community.〔 〕 == History == In August 1997, KDE One was held in Arnsberg, Germany. It's the first KDE community meeting with 15 participants, and budget is 14000 DEM (7158 EUR). Matthias Kalle Dalheimer realized that it wasn't a good idea to channel thousands of money through his personal account to run the meeting, so he wanted to found an association.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 history of the KDE project )〕 In November 1997, Matthias Ettrich and Matthias Kalle Dalheimer registered KDE e.V. as association in Tübingen under German law, and became president and vice president. Additionally they had to drag in housemates and girlfriends to reach the minimum number of persons needed to create an eingetragener Verein (7 persons).〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher= KDE e.V. Board )〕 In October 1999,the following candidates were elected to the board in KDE Two, Kurt Granroth became president, Chris Schläger became vice president, Mirko Boehm became treasurer, and Preston Brown became board member.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 date = )〕 In August 2002, the following candidates were elected to the board in KDE e.V. meeting, Matthias Kalle Dalheimer became president, Mirko Boehm became treasurer, and Eva Brucherseifer and Ralf Nolden became board member.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= KDE e.V. - 2002 Meeting Report )〕 On 26 August 2005, the following candidates were elected to the board in KDE e.V. meeting, president was Eva Brucherseifer, vice president was Cornelius Schumacher, treasurer was Mirko Boehm, and board member was Aaron Seigo. On 15 October 2006, Mark Shuttleworth had become the first ''Patron of KDE''. On 28 February 2007, Trolltech become the first corporate ''Patron of KDE''. On 2 July 2007, the following candidates were elected to the board in KDE e.V. meeting, president was Aaron Seigo, vice president were Cornelius Schumacher and Adriaan de Groot, and board member were Sebastian Kügler and Klaas Freitag. On 3 July 2007, KDAB becomes ''Patron of KDE''. On 7 July 2007, Intel Corporation and Novell had also become ''Patron of KDE''. On 4 April 2008, the KDE e.V. and Wikimedia Deutschland have opened shared offices in Frankfurt, and has the first KDE e.V. employee.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 KDE and Wikimedia Start Collaboration )〕 In July 2009, the following candidates were elected to the board in KDE e.V. meeting, Cornelius Schumacher became president, Adriaan de Groot and Frank Karlitschek became vice president, and Sebastian Kügler and Celeste Lyn Paul became board member. In September 2009, KDE e.V. and Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) moved into shared offices in Berlin.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 date = 12 December 2009 )〕 In January 2010, Google becomes supporting member. On 9 June 2010, KDE e.V. launched the "Join the Game" campaign.〔 〕〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「KDE e.V.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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