Even if the spine-tingling horrors of the long dark night of Walpurgis are mostly imaginary, the sinister threats of predatory proprietary software pr

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Even if the spine-tingling horrors of the long dark night of Walpurgis are mostly imaginary, the sinister threats of predatory proprietary software providers remain all too real.

Fear not! We, the KDE community, will help you, your friends, family, company, and community banish all the creepy and insidious proprietary software that haunts your computers, phones, and household appliances.

But we can't do it alone! We need you to help us fight the good fight against the tech-ghouls from beyond. Use the form to donate any amount to our fundraiser (or become a regular donor to our community) and help us keep the dark forces of proprietary software at bay.

After months of intrusive pop-ups badgering me to update my software, this morning I did it. Now I can't open my older projects.

This never happened with my Kdenlive projects. KDE's video editor preserved backwards-compatibility and you can even parse the source of each project with your naked eyeballs. It's only XML, after all. So even decades from now, anyone could write a new app capable of opening the files. Digital archiving is a reality with Free Software!