so i found out about the Open Clip Art Library (or OCAL) today. they've got 3000+ images in their collection, which is pretty impressive, and all in SVG format. i stumbled across this due to a comment on theDot and decided to post a message to their list to see if there were ways KDE could work with OCAL and vice versa. i think there are a number of potential benefits to this, with Get Hot New Stuff, KOffice, a OCAL browser and kde-look.org being obvious targets. we'll see where it gos.
now, there are only a few hundred KDE developers. and not all of those have the time or interest to go around looking for ways to hook up with other people's efforts to make things Better. so while KDE people can (and do) engage in outreach to the larger community, these resources are limited and the potential to miss great opportunities is high.
so if you are involved in a Great Project that you think would do well with a KDE bridge, please take the time to discover what's possible. worst that can happen is that we all decide there's probably not much that can be done of interest. but i think we'll also find some real diamonds together.
KDE is already working with Firefox, Samba, OpenOffice, FreeDesktop.org, NoMachine and a host of other projects to the benefit of KDE's users and theirs. let's see how big we can get this software orgy =)
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Aaron,
You mentioned kde-docs.org in your messaged to the openclipart people. All I can say is wow, what a great idea. Do you know if it will feature a knewstuff resource?
-Sam
> Do you know if it will feature a
> knewstuff resource?
does KDE have a gear in it's logo? =)
*impish smile*
>*impish smile*
ahha,
Thanks, just wanted to make sure :)
-Sam
This Clip Art thing looks like something huge potentially, especially with this Hot New Stuff thing. KOffice could be an excellent beneficiary, and especially apps like KPresenter and Kivio could get a marvellous killer feature out of this.
The kde-docs stuff also looks as if it could be the start of something major. Being able to get things like templates and calendars for events for different countries, (festivals, sporting events etc.) - a la Hula (except some time soon)! Tie all that into the future Tenor find mechanism for easy access and....... Pardon my French, but f**k. That sounds good.
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