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Because coreutils and gcc are so unpopular?

bruce511 5y ago
Personally I don't mind GNU working on it, but I do mind GNU being part of the name,because GNU equates to FSF and that comes with a lot of political and idealogical baggage. Imagine for a moment this was a Microsoft project, and was called MSDNS. Would the name matter? I would argue that it does. Granted that basically no non-techie has ever heard of GNU (or the FSF) - despite the insistence on calling it GNU/Linux - I don't think it'll be a deal breaker, but I think it's uncool to put a "company" name/trademark in a global standard protocol name. So for me it's not the creators, but rather the name itself that warns a down vote.
- einpoklum 5y ago
  GNU = mostly good baggage, Microsoft = mostly bad baggage. Also GNU = small non-profit, Microsoft = giant corporation.
- DonHopkins 5y ago
  How about the GNU/Linux Name System? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU/Linux_naming_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU/Linux_naming_controversy
- jackshaw 5y ago
  GNU invented GNUnet, they do have the right to put their name on it, like everyone else who invents things.
- southerntofu 5y ago
  I personally have strong ambivalent about rms, but GNU projects are not necessarily under the umbrella of a single person/organization. Following the FSF coup by its board at last LibrePlanet and the surrounding controversies, the GNU Assembly was setup: https://gnu.tools/ https://gnu.tools/ I value the GNU project's ethical framework and feel like that's worth fighting for/with, although i personally am strongly opposed to the current internal politics of the FSF which are definitely not aligned with the base/masses of the libre-software movement.
na85 5y ago
Fair point! It is, after all, the year of the Linux Desktop.
- guerrilla 5y ago
  It is a fair point, because it doesn't need to be the year of the Linux Desktop for those tools to be installed on and used daily on the vast majority of computers right now, dwarfing the number of ALL desktops, thereby being extremely popular.

Personally I don't mind GNU working on it, but I do mind GNU being part of the name,because GNU equates to FSF and that comes with a lot of political and idealogical baggage. Imagine for a moment this was a Microsoft project, and was called MSDNS. Would the name matter? I would argue that it does. Granted that basically no non-techie has ever heard of GNU (or the FSF) - despite the insistence on calling it GNU/Linux - I don't think it'll be a deal breaker, but I think it's uncool to put a "company" name/trademark in a global standard protocol name. So for me it's not the creators, but rather the name itself that warns a down vote.

einpoklum 5y ago
GNU = mostly good baggage, Microsoft = mostly bad baggage. Also GNU = small non-profit, Microsoft = giant corporation.
DonHopkins 5y ago
How about the GNU/Linux Name System? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU/Linux_naming_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU/Linux_naming_controversy
jackshaw 5y ago
GNU invented GNUnet, they do have the right to put their name on it, like everyone else who invents things.
southerntofu 5y ago
I personally have strong ambivalent about rms, but GNU projects are not necessarily under the umbrella of a single person/organization. Following the FSF coup by its board at last LibrePlanet and the surrounding controversies, the GNU Assembly was setup: https://gnu.tools/ https://gnu.tools/ I value the GNU project's ethical framework and feel like that's worth fighting for/with, although i personally am strongly opposed to the current internal politics of the FSF which are definitely not aligned with the base/masses of the libre-software movement.

na85 5y ago

Fair point! It is, after all, the year of the Linux Desktop.

guerrilla 5y ago
It is a fair point, because it doesn't need to be the year of the Linux Desktop for those tools to be installed on and used daily on the vast majority of computers right now, dwarfing the number of ALL desktops, thereby being extremely popular.