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There are many amazing GNU projects. Just yesterday I found out about GNU radio. I also remember reading the initial commit for Gneural and thinking "wow, this

by gens 9y ago

There are many amazing GNU projects. Just yesterday I found out about GNU radio. I also remember reading the initial commit for Gneural and thinking "wow, this code is really nice". I think GNU deserves much more support then it's getting.

thearn4 9y ago
How does something become an official project under the umbrella of GNU, other than adopting a GPL? I'm guessing the FSF somehow curates and leads the individual efforts, before it can be called "GNU $THING"?
- timClicks 9y ago
  Happened to come across a thread discussing this when OpenCobol transitioned to GNU Cobol (https://sourceforge.net/p/open-cobol/discussion/cobol/thread/7dc2941f/#1cb1 https://sourceforge.net/p/open-cobol/discussion/cobol/thread...) It appears that you write to FSF and write out an evaluation proposal.
- quadrangle 9y ago
  https://www.gnu.org/help/evaluation.html https://www.gnu.org/help/evaluation.html ← how to add your project to GNU
- cyphar 9y ago
  As others have said, you have to apply to the FSF to become a GNU project. And while being under GPLv3-or-later is one of the requirements, I just want to clarify something on this point: > other than adopting a GPL Despite it's name, the GNU General Public License is a license for any software written by anyone. Licensing something under the GPL doesn't make your project a member of the GNU project, any more than licensing something with the MIT/X11 license make your project part of FreeDesktop, or BSD making your project one of Berkley's projects.
cyphar 9y ago
There are so many awesome projects, but one that I recently learned about is GNU Taler. Basically it's an attempt to make "socially responsible digital cash", where all customers' transactions are private (you cannot tell who bought what or link their purchase history) but you can audit vendors and mints to verify that they pay taxes. It's quite an elegant system and strikes the right balance (in my mind) between privacy and accountability for corporations. Also it piggy-backs on existing systems (operating through exchanges) and doesn't require proof-of-work. And the browser extensions are super easy to use (even easier than Flattr in some ways). > I think GNU deserves much more support then it's getting. I would recommend donating money to the FSF (if you have the means) and becoming a member. They are an incredible project doing awesome work and deserve the support. You also get free access to LibrePlanet conferences and a few other perks.

by gens 9y ago

thearn4 9y ago

How does something become an official project under the umbrella of GNU, other than adopting a GPL? I'm guessing the FSF somehow curates and leads the individual efforts, before it can be called "GNU $THING"?

timClicks 9y ago
Happened to come across a thread discussing this when OpenCobol transitioned to GNU Cobol (https://sourceforge.net/p/open-cobol/discussion/cobol/thread/7dc2941f/#1cb1 https://sourceforge.net/p/open-cobol/discussion/cobol/thread...) It appears that you write to FSF and write out an evaluation proposal.
quadrangle 9y ago
https://www.gnu.org/help/evaluation.html https://www.gnu.org/help/evaluation.html ← how to add your project to GNU
cyphar 9y ago
As others have said, you have to apply to the FSF to become a GNU project. And while being under GPLv3-or-later is one of the requirements, I just want to clarify something on this point: > other than adopting a GPL Despite it's name, the GNU General Public License is a license for any software written by anyone. Licensing something under the GPL doesn't make your project a member of the GNU project, any more than licensing something with the MIT/X11 license make your project part of FreeDesktop, or BSD making your project one of Berkley's projects.

cyphar 9y ago

There are so many awesome projects, but one that I recently learned about is GNU Taler. Basically it's an attempt to make "socially responsible digital cash", where all customers' transactions are private (you cannot tell who bought what or link their purchase history) but you can audit vendors and mints to verify that they pay taxes. It's quite an elegant system and strikes the right balance (in my mind) between privacy and accountability for corporations. Also it piggy-backs on existing systems (operating through exchanges) and doesn't require proof-of-work. And the browser extensions are super easy to use (even easier than Flattr in some ways). > I think GNU deserves much more support then it's getting. I would recommend donating money to the FSF (if you have the means) and becoming a member. They are an incredible project doing awesome work and deserve the support. You also get free access to LibrePlanet conferences and a few other perks.