Re:The GNU Name System
by southerntofu on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @06:58AM
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I personally have strong ambivalent about rms, but GNU projects are not necessarily under the umbrella of a single person/organization. Following the FSF coup by its board at last LibrePlanet and the surrounding controversies, the GNU Assembly was setup: https://gnu.tools/
I value the GNU project's ethical framework and feel like that's worth fighting for/with, although i personally am strongly opposed to the current internal politics of the FSF which are definitely not aligned with the base/masses of the libre-software movement.
GNU invented GNUnet, they do have the right to put their name on it, like everyone else who invents things.
GNU = mostly good baggage, Microsoft = mostly bad baggage.
Also GNU = small non-profit, Microsoft = giant corporation.
Re:The GNU Name System
by DonHopkins on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @01:27AM
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How about the GNU/Linux Name System?
Imagine for a moment this was a Microsoft project, and was called MSDNS. Would the name matter? I would argue that it does.
Granted that basically no non-techie has ever heard of GNU (or the FSF) - despite the insistence on calling it GNU/Linux - I don't think it'll be a deal breaker, but I think it's uncool to put a "company" name/trademark in a global standard protocol name.
So for me it's not the creators, but rather the name itself that warns a down vote.