[Gambas-user] A strategical move for two communities: Gambas and The GNU Project

[Kevin Fishburne]

On 05/13/2014 04:00 PM, Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro wrote:
> Hello Gambas community!
>
> The GNU project[1] aims to develop the GNU system: an Unix-like
> operating system that is entirely free software[2].  It was launched in
> 1984, marking the beginning of the free software movement and has been
> ever since the pivotal point of philosophical, legal and technical
> development regarding software user's freedom.  Since 1985 it is been
> sponsored by the FSF (Free Software Foundation)[3]: a nonprofit
> organization with a worldwide mission to promote computer user freedom
> and to defend the rights of all free software users.
>
> Technically speaking, the GNU Project is also well known by its high
> quality software development tools, like compilers, interpreters and
> debuggers, and historically has influenced the Unix-like operating
> systems world and industry standards.  However, in its 30 years of
> existence, although the GNU project has developed implementations for
> several languages, it has not done so for the Basic language.
>
> Therefore, as a member of the GNU project I want to invite the Gambas
> community to join the GNU community, making Gambas a GNU package[4] and
> thence the official implementation of the Basic language for the GNU
> operating system.  The GNU project will provide the full infrastructure
> for development and will help to spread awareness of Gambas, promoting
> it as the de facto GNU Basic language implementation.  As a GNU package,
> Gambas can benefit from FSF endorsement, and potentially fund raising
> campaigns and sponsoring.
>
> I commit myself to help wherever needed: with the forge migration from
> Sourceforge to GNU Savannah; with the compliance to the GNU Coding and
> Maintenance Standards, etc.
>
> What are your thoughts on that?

@Benoît: Make it so, number one.

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