● 12.11.09

●● GNOME Interests Seemingly Bought by Corporations

Posted in Free/Libre Software, FSF, GNOME, GNU/Linux at 3:37 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

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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