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RMS Running For GNOME Board Of Directors

Posted by timothy on from the thus-could-the-circle-be-completed dept.

An anonymous reader points to this story at Newsforge which says that "RMS is throwing his hat in the ring as a candidate for the GNOME foundation board of directors. Speculation is that he's pissed because the GNOME summary keeps mentioning non-free software; now he's going to (try to) do something about it."

3 of 439 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Or maybe he just wants to work on GNOME? by dillon_rinker · · Score: 3, Offtopic

    Of course, keeping it free will obviously be a concern of his, but it might not be his main concern.

    AAACK! Here, sir, is a credit card, with no limit on it. I invite you to visit the clue store and purchase all you can. Alternatively, go to gnu.org and READ a bit of what RMS has written. I cannot believe that his concern will be anything BUT keeping it free. Freedom is more important than good, fast, or cheap to him...

  2. ego? by Sabalon · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    Okay...so in 1983 when he started thinking about his OS, and that it should have a GUI interface, therefore he is the grand-father of GNOME?

    1. Re:ego? by Greg+Lindahl · · Score: 1, Offtopic


      Well, if you want to call Al Gore a liar for that, then that's settled; I call you "a person who makes things up." I still appreciate Al Gore's efforts.

      RMS has reasoning behind his statement. Why not ask him about it? Or you can flame on slashdot. Your call.