Sporadic efforts by numerous individuals have been made to keep the information in this wiki current. The hope that the primary development team would make this a canonical source has not been fulfilled. While some of the information and links here are still valid, unfortunately much is not. -- [[Main/GrantBow]] - 24 Jul 2007 ## GNU, FSF & RMS GNU stands for GNU's Not Unix. It is a project announced in 1983 by [[RichardStallman]] (RMS). The Free Software Foundation ([FSF](http://www.fsf.org/fsf/fsf.html)) was founded in 1985 to act as a parent organization for GNU and many other projects. GNU and some non-GNU projects are now hosted on the [Savannah](http://savannah.gnu.org) platform similar to SourceForge.net.
[[History]]
Background information about the GNU Project.
[[GnuNames]]
A page describing the name GNU itself and it's usage.
[[TheGnuManifesto]]
A founding document that still influences the system's technical design and moral philosophy.
[[CopyleftLicenses]]
Information on the licenses used on GNU software, and on other free software licenses
[[FreeDocumentationLicense]]
A relatively new license used by the FSF to extend the copyright of documentation.
FAQ Link
What is the relation between GNU and Hurd?
Assisting
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[[SoftwareProjects]]
Information about other GNU projects.
gnu-system-discuss
Mailing list for discussion about the GNU system.

[[WebDiscuss]]
Meta discussion about how to make this section of the site better.