GNOME Developer Suggests Split From GNU Project

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday December 12, 2009 @02:16AM from the taking-their-toys-and-going-home dept.

blozza2070 writes "In a recent posting from Philip Van Hoof, he suggests that GNOME split off from the GNU Project and has proposed a vote. He was informed he will need 10% of members to agree for a vote to be put forth. At the same time, David Schlesinger (on the GNOME Advisory Board) has agreed on a vote. Stormy Peters said she doesn't agree with this, but then gave everyone instructions on how to proceed with a vote. She mentioned that roughly 20 members are needed to agree." The mailing list server is timing out as of this writing, but iTWire has the Cliff's notes.

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Re:So they can't talk about proprietary products?? by Device666 · 2009-12-12 07:06 · Score: 1, Flamebait

I am a programmer, so you don't need to tell me shit like: "A good programmer can sense the smell of bugs, terrible design, or poor implementation a mile away from the pile of computer code". But this has nothing to do with knowledge, it has to do with the style of leadership, meaning communication and using the right tone on the right moment. A good leader can sense the smell of bad leadership a mile away from an organisation ... It stinks and where is the leader leading?