Editing KDE (section)

=== Identity ===
KDE has community identity guidelines (CIG) for definitions and recommendations which help the community to establish a unique, characteristic, and appealing design.<ref>{{cite web
|url= http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Guidelines/CIG
|title= Community Identity Guidelines
|access-date= 2010-12-01
|archive-date= 28 November 2020
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201128023733/https://techbase.kde.org/Development/Guidelines/CIG
|url-status= live
}}</ref> The KDE official logo displays the white trademarked K-Gear shape on a blue square with mitred corners. Copying of the KDE Logo is subject to the LGPL.<ref>{{cite web
|url= http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Guidelines/CIG/KDE_Logo
|title= The KDE CIG Logo page
|date= September 28, 2006
|access-date= 2010-11-06
|archive-date= 24 November 2020
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201124220445/https://techbase.kde.org/Development/Guidelines/CIG/KDE_Logo
|url-status= live
}}</ref> Some local community logos are derivations of the official logo.

Many KDE applications have a ''K'' in the name, mostly as an initial letter. The ''K'' in many KDE applications is obtained by spelling a word which originally begins with ''C'' or ''Q'' differently, for example [[Konsole]] and [[Kaffeine]], while some others prefix a commonly used word with a ''K'', for instance [[KGet]]. However, the trend is not to have a ''K'' in the name at all, such as with [[Calligra Stage|Stage]], Spectacle, Discover and [[Dolphin (file manager)|Dolphin]].