GNOME Interests Seemingly Bought by Corporations
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2009-12-11 20:37:18 UTC
- Modified: 2009-12-11 20:37:18 UTC
Summary: Particular people in the GNOME Foundation disagree with FSF values and want separation from GNU
YESTERDAY we quoted part of
an ongoing discussion which resulted in developments that are described
here.
According to a recent posting from Philip Van Hoof, he suggests that Gnome split off from the GNU Project and proposes a vote. He has been informed he will need 5% of members to agree for there to be a vote put forth.
The full discussion can be seen in
the GNOME Foundation's mailing list. "They are trying to vote to remove the G from GNOME," tells us one reader. Philip van Hoof wrote: "I propose to have a vote on GNOME's membership to the GNU project."
"Of course RMS is involved," says our reader, "and of course there are people angry with him, especially "Lefty"."
That would be the same guy who smeared Stallman by
taking his act out of context. Some think there might be a fork. "Gnome could be forked," argues our
esteemed member MinceR.
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Comments
dyfet
2009-12-11 23:24:42
I will add that if GNOME leaves GNU, while that alone may not be immediately fatal to GNOME as a project (though I think that will dim it's future prospects considerably), it certainly leaves my machines...