The KDE Project designation carries with it certain commitments:
Respect the KDE Code of Conduct
Support the KDE Vision and KDE Mission
There is no mandatory Contributor License Agreement
Technical requirements
- The project stays true to established practices common to similar KDE projects
- All source materials are hosted on infrastructure available to and writable by all KDE contributor accounts
- Online services associated with the project are either hosted on KDE infrastructure or have an action plan that ensures continuity which is approved by the KDE system administration team
Copyrights, trademarks and patents
- KDE licensing policy are respected
- KDE branding guidelines are respected
- If the authors of the software abandon it or disappear, they agree to transfer the trademark to the next maintainer
- If the code is covered by patents registered by the project itself, those patents must be licensed freely
