I don't know the answer, but GNU has really lost its way. My main connection with them is through GCC, where I believe years of bad to level decisions has lead

I don't know the answer, but GNU has really lost its way. My main connection with them is through GCC, where I believe years of bad to level decisions has lead to a huge movement of to talent to clang ,(requiring copyright assignment then taking months to complete the forms, forbidding plugins for years, etc)