Hi David,
Are you interested in developers? I'd like to start contributing to
LibreOffice, but I don't know where to start
So maybe you could
guide me?
Thank you,
Mohamed Amine IL Idrissi
On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 8:35 AM, David Nelson <commerce@traduction.biz> wrote:
> Hi, :-)
>
> I'm a member of the LibreOffice community. LibreOffice (LibO) is the
> office suite project of The Document Foundation (TDF), the
> community-driven organization that recently forked from the
> Oracle-managed OpenOffice.org project.
>
> TDF/LibO is currently working on its branding and on its artwork for
> the LibreOffice distribution. We are currently very short of GRAPHIC
> ARTISTS.
>
> Notably, right now, we urgently need creative talent to help us design
> artwork for our websites. We need to develop a logo, and - hopefully -
> a MASCOT along the lines of Linux's Tux, to act as a "living"
> ambassador that achieves lasting recognition of our brand and products
> in people's minds.
>
> But we also need talent to work on icon sets and other artwork on an
> ongoing basis.
>
> A number of Linux distributions have announced their intention to ship
> LibreOffice with their future releases. We know that they frequently
> do re-branding work to integrate their chosen office suite in lines
> with their project's thinking.
>
> So we are keen to involve you in our project branding and development,
> so that we ship releases that better fit your needs.
>
> LibreOffice and The Document Foundation could also benefit from
> MENTORING and from close and ongoing involvement from established
> Linux projects, especially in these early days when we are developing
> our infrastructure and organization.
>
> Like you, we passionately value and believe in Free Open Source
> software (FOSS).
>
> We very much ask you to get involved in our project and influence our
> development. We seek your comments and advice and contributions. For
> this, below you will find a number of links as a starting point:
>
> Useful links
> =======
>
> LibreOffice marketing mailing list: marketing+subscribe@libreoffice.org
>
> The Document Foundation general discussions mailing list:
> discuss+subscribe@documentfoundation.org
>
> LibreOffice developers mailing list:
> http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
>
> TDF steering committee discussions mailing list:
> steering-discuss+subscribe@documentfoundation.org
>
> LibreOffice user support mailing list: users+subscribe@libreoffice.org
>
> Our Nabble gateway for easy mailing list browsing:
> http://www.documentfoundation.org/nabble/
>
> The Document Foundation contacts page:
> http://www.documentfoundation.org/contact/
>
> Mail address distributing to all TDF press and media contacts:
> info@documentfoundation.org
>
> LibreOffice dedicated IRC channel: #libreoffice at irc.freenode.net
>
> TDF dedicated IRC channel: #documentfoundation at irc.freenode.net
>
> Follow TDF via @docufoundation on Twitter: http://twitter.com/docufoundation
>
> Follow TDF via @docufoundation on identi.ca: http://identi.ca/docufoundation
>
> Visit the TDF website: http://www.documentfoundation.org
>
>
> Pages showing our work in progress
> =====================
>
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Branding
>
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Ideas
>
>
> Plus, of course, if necessary, you can contact me, too, at the address
> from which this mail was sent, or via this mailing list.
>
> Thank you for your time reading this message. Thank you, also, for
> your own valuable work in bringing the world Open Source software.
>
> David Nelson
>
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