Re: Question for candidates

[Richard Stallman <rms gnu org>]

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    Care to expand on that? Miguel's history of the GNOME project doesn't
    make a lot of mention of GNU:

Considering the history of Miguel, that is not surprising.  He started
a company supposedly to develop free software, then came out with
proprietary products.  Ultimately he more or less went to Microsoft.

    Namely, a discussion with you about his plans, the use of GNU licenses,
    and an announcement on a GNU mailing-list. What else did the GNU project
    and/or the FSF do for GNOME?

You've got it the wrong way around.  GNOME was started as a
contribution to GNU -- that is what GNU packages are.

The GNU Project consists of many software projects, one being GNOME.
In general, each GNU package is developed separately -- but we urge
GNU packages to support each other, so we urge developers of other
packages to make them work with GNOME.

One of the bad things that Miguel did in the first few years of GNOME
development was not to pass these ideas on to the other people he
brought into GNOME development.  From that experience, I learned that
I need to discuss these issues explicitly with the people responsible
for GNU packages.

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