The document discusses how the KDE and GNOME communities can better collaborate by learning from each other's successes and mistakes. It addresses topics like joining communities, delegating work, funding, governance styles, relationships between upstream and downstream contributors, intellectual property issues, and reasons for leaving a community. The overall message is that open discussion between the communities could help them strengthen cooperation.

1. KDE and GNOME
Working towards better collaboration by
learning from each others rights and wrongs
Lydia Pintscher (@nightrose)
Seif Lotfy (@seiflotfy)

2. by D Sharon Pruitt
joining the community

3. delegation via
motivation
by kwl on flickr

4. funding
by epSos.de on flickr

5. democracy, meritocracy
and dictatorship
by dnorman on flickr

6. by jurvetson on flickr
occupation groups

7. upstream – downstream
relations
by zoutedrop on flickr

8. legal vs moral
by digital_rampage on flickr

9. NIH syndrome
by horiavarlan on flickr

10. leaving the
community
by fukin11 on flickr

11. Questions? Please!
Now go out and talk to each
other and then let us know
what you learned ;-)
Lydia Pintscher (@nightrose)
Seif Lotfy (@seiflotfy)