GNUstep project support problem

Martin Schulze joey at infodrom.org
Mon Nov 8 17:51:55 UTC 2004


John Goerzen wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 10:37:43AM -0500, David Graham - SPI Secretary wrote:
> > I'm with Ian on this in that I see no problem in GNUstep being part of
> > both FSF and SPI. The two organisations are not working against eachother
> > and there should be no trouble caused by such a relationship.
> 
> You're right about that, but I also think that, if it's OK with GNUstep,
> to put this on hold for a month so we can amicably discuss it with the
> FSF, and give the Gnustep folks a chance to hash out what exactly the
> FSF's stipulations are and what impact it may have on them.  I don't
> have a problem with Gnustep being a SPI project now and leaving later
> if/when FSF gets set up, but if FSF is very close to having what they
> need, and their preference is FSF, might as well figure out what is
> going on there.

I agree, additionally, I guess that the GNUStep people need to sort out
what they want to gain from the FSF and what to gain from SPI, and then
decide whether it makes sense for them to utilise both organisation. 
It's often better not to rush things.

Regards,

	Joey

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