Re: KDE and Purism Press Release

Hey all,

We're good to go. The press release is on KDE's website at https://
www.kde.org/announcements/kde-purism-librem5.php and I'll link it
shortly from our main site. We have some more background stories in the
making for a second wave for those not just copying the press release
over.

How is progress on your side? Please let us know quickly, so we can
publish before press outlets in Europe close for the day.

We'll be publishing our sites in the next half hour, so if you need us
to hold back: let us know immediately, please. (A "we're good, go
ahead" is also welcome, of course. :))

Cheers,

-- sebas


On Monday, September 11, 2017 8:37:50 PM CEST Paul Brown wrote:
> On Sunday, 10 September 2017 21:40:35 CEST Todd Weaver wrote:
> > I could see something along these lines (as a
> > stream-of-consciousness):
> > 
> > KDE, authors of Plasma Mobile endorses the Purism Librem 5 phone as
> > a hardware platform they are interested in advancing as a fully
> > supported Plasma mobile phone device.
> > Purism is excited to see the KDE community and specifically KDE e.V.
> > partnering with Purism to solidify KDE/Plasma on the Librem 5
> > hardware, creating a future where free/libre and open source
> > software are available on a supported hardware platform for users
> > to take back their privacy.
> > 
> > "Having Plasma fully supported on hardware has been a dream for the
> > KDE community, and partnering with Purism to forge a future where
> > hardware will continue to work seamlessly with free/libre and open
> > source software is the first time we can see the light clearly at
> > the end of the tunnel" — <somebody />, <title />, KDE, e.V.
> > 
> > "Purism is excited to work with many communities and organizations
> > to advance the digital rights of people. Getting endorsement and
> > involvement from KDE for the Librem 5 hardware gets us all one-step
> > closer to a phone that avoids the handcuffs of Android and iOS." —
> > Todd Weaver, Founder & CEO, Purism
> 
> Hello Todd, Jeff & James,
> 
> We have recycled your ideas into a full-fledged press release. We are
> just waiting for comments and final approval from the rest of the
> board.
> 
> We will send you this draft shortly, in a matter of hours, then we
> can get the conversation started for real.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Paul
> 
> P.S.: We should also start discussing the more informal and guerrilla
> means of spreading the word, i.e. social media, news aggregation
> sites (Reddit), influencers, and forums.


-- 
sebas

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