[ubuntu-art] Defining the Artwork Team Goals and Objectives

[Kenneth Wimer]

On Thursday 16 April 2009 14:29:08 Thorsten Wilms wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-04-16 at 13:25 +0200, Kenneth Wimer wrote:
> > > == Top Goals ==
> > >
> > > * Enjoyment: Having fun being creative and interacting in the
> >
> > community
> >
> > > * Growth: Practise and improve your artistic skills (possibly also
> > > managerial and writing skills), gather experience
> > > * Support: Further the goals of Ubuntu
> > > * Idealism (or long-term pragmatism ;): Advocate and showcase the
> >
> > use
> >
> > > of open-source tools in the design and artwork realm
> > >
> > >
> > > == Goals of Ubuntu ==
> > >
> > > To offer a free (in both the economic and FSF sense), sustainable
> > > platform for commodity requirements with optional commercial support
> > > * To act according to the following ideals (from
> > > http://www.ubuntu.com/community/ubuntustory/philosophy):
> > > 1. Every computer user should have the freedom to download, run,
> > > copy, distribute, study, share, change and improve their
> > > software for any purpose, without paying licensing fees.
> > > 2. Every computer user should be able to use their software in the
> > > language of their choice.
> > > 3. Every computer user should be given every opportunity to use
> > > software, even if they work under a disability.
> > > * Have free software break into Microsoft's majority market share
> > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1
> > > * Improve the overall usability of free software within Ubuntu.
> > > Surpass Apple in the quality of the user experience.
> >
> > (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/23/shuttleworth_apple_challenge/,
> >
> > > http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/162)
> >
> > I get the feeling that we are recreating some of the stuff from Kyüdo
> > somehow. I think a page like this is helpful, but we would do well to
> > make sure that we understand the exact need which is filled by this
> > page and how it interacts with other information.
>
> Lol, that's because the 2nd part is from Kyüdo ;)
> Now resides at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Documentation/Briefing
>
> Regarding the need: everyone who is serious about artwork for Ubuntu
> needs such a briefing. I'll be happy if someone manages to improve it.

Right, I was trying to express the importance of the structure of this 
information and somehow controlling the flow rather than just having a bunch of 
static pages which one can search for.

--
Ken
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