[$] Rethinking the governance of the GNU Project

The GNU Project was created by RichardStallman in 1983 to further his goal of developing an entirely freeoperating system - a goal that seemed impossibly ambitious at the time.Stallman has recently resigned from some of his roles, but asof this writing his personal site stillleads off with this proclamation: "I continue to be the ChiefGNUisance of the GNU Project. I do not intend to stop any time soon". Within the project itself,though, it has become clear that this intention lacks universal support.We appear to be seeing the beginning of a governance transition for thisvenerable project.