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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 individua
by 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 agoHappened 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 agohttps://www.gnu.org/help/evaluation.html https://www.gnu.org/help/evaluation.html ← how to add your project to GNU
- cyphar 9y agoAs 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.