KDE-projektitunnuksen myötä tulee sitoumuksia:
- Noudata KDE:n käytännesääntöjä
- Tue KDE:n visiota ja KDE:n päämääriä
- There is no mandatory Contributor License Agreement
- Tekniset vaatimukset
- 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
- Tekijänoikeudet, tuotemerkit ja patentit
- KDE licensing policy is 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
