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It is also sometimes called '''GNU''' after its original project, "GNU's Not Unix."  It uses a gnu-head as its symbol.  It is identified with [[Richard Stallman]], who is approximately as stubborn as any hoofed animal imaginable.
It is also sometimes called '''GNU''' after its original project, "GNU's Not Unix."  It uses a gnu-head as its symbol.  It is identified with [[Richard Stallman]], who is approximately as stubborn as any hoofed animal imaginable.


The FSF wrote the [[GPL]] and [[GFDL]] and takes some responsibility for their enforcement, although it is often criticized for having no viable way to do this in a [[self-funding]] manner.  Some believe they have done an inadequate job for instance of getting [[GFDL corpus access provider]]s to cooperate and integrate and annotate material consistently as the GFDL itself requires ''- an issue of some interest to [[CGO]] especially re [[Research Wiki]] integration.''
The FSF wrote the [[GPL]] and [[GFDL]] and takes some responsibility for their enforcement, although it is often criticized for having no viable way to do this in a [[self-funding]] manner.  Some believe they have done an inadequate job for instance of getting [[GFDL corpus access provider]]s to cooperate and integrate and annotate material consistently as the GFDL itself requires.


The [[open source]] and some [[consortia]] (like [[W3]] and [[Java]]) were both responses to issues with GPL, and other aspects of FSF's ideology and solutions.  [[Creative Commons]] was likewise inspired by, but critical of, [[GFDL]].  ''See [[problems with free software and open source models]] for more.''
The [[open source]] and some [[consortia]] (like [[W3]] and [[Java]]) were both responses to issues with GPL, and other aspects of FSF's ideology and solutions.  [[Creative Commons]] was likewise inspired by, but critical of, [[GFDL]].  ''See [[problems with free software and open source models]] for other views on this.''
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