My summation was not intended to infer that there was a GNU command structure on each project but rather that there is a philosophical agreement among the confe

My summation was not intended to infer that there was a GNU command structure on each project but rather that there is a philosophical agreement among the confederation of projects and an umbrella organization. The stewards of Linux are not in total philosophical agreement with the GNU so the GNU organization probably feels that they need their own project that aligns to their philosophical world view 100%.