Editing GNU Radio (section)

==History==

First published in 2001, GNU Radio is an official [[GNU package]]. Philanthropist [[John Gilmore (activist)|John Gilmore]] initiated GNU Radio with the funding of $320,000 (US) to [[Eric Blossom]] for code creation and project-management duties. One of the first applications was building an ATSC receiver in software.

The GNU Radio software began as a [[fork (software development)|fork]] of the Pspectra code that was developed by the SpectrumWare project at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT). In 2004, a complete [[rewrite (programming)|rewrite]] of GNU Radio was completed, so today GNU Radio no longer has any original Pspectra code.

Matt Ettus joined the project as one of the first developers, and created the [[Universal Software Radio Peripheral]] (USRP) to provide a hardware platform for use with the GNU Radio software. In 2004, Matt founded [[Universal Software Radio Peripheral|Ettus Research]] LLC and began selling USRPs that worked with GNU Radio.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ettus Research acquired by National Instruments [LWN.net]|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/374453/|access-date=2021-12-30|website=lwn.net}}</ref>

In September 2010, [[Eric Blossom]] stepped down as Project Lead and was replaced by Tom Rondeau.<ref>[http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org/msg26468.html Mail on GNU Radio mailinglist where Eric Blossom introduces Tom Rondeau as the new project manager]</ref>

Early in the project, the core developers began holding semi-annual ''[[Hackathon|Hackfests]]''. In 2011, the GNU Radio project began holding a yearly conference, called "GRCon", which generally has a ''Hackfest'' on the last day of the conference.

In March 2016, Tom Rondeau stepped down and was replaced by Ben Hilburn as the Project Lead, and Johnathan Corgan, a long-time maintainer, as the Chief Architect.<ref>[https://www.mail-archive.com/discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org/msg58528.html Mail on GNU Radio mailinglist announcing leadership transition]</ref>

In January 2018, Johnathan Corgan retired from his role as Chief Architect and was replaced by Marcus Müller.<ref>[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/discuss-gnuradio/2018-02/msg00006.html Mail on the GNU Radio mailing list discussing the maintainer transition]</ref>

In September 2020, GNU Radio became part of the [[SETI Institute]] (a non-profit, multi-disciplinary research and education organization) for all financial and contractual purposes.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SETI Institute and GNU Radio Join Forces|url=https://www.seti.org/press-release/seti-institute-and-gnu-radio-join-forces|date=September 8, 2020}}</ref>

In October 2020, Ben Hilburn and the project officers at the time voted to reorganize the GNU Radio Project's leadership, forming a General Assembly with a set of by-laws that regulate details of how the organization operates.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lee|first=Adam|date=2020-11-13|title=GNU Radio, One Step at a Time: GNU Radio Organization Updates|url=https://gnuradio.blogspot.com/2020/11/gnu-radio-organization-updates.html|access-date=2021-12-29|website=GNU Radio, One Step at a Time}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=GNU Radio: Governance|date=2021-09-14|url=https://github.com/gnuradio/gr-governance/blob/49e1a1a082a3af84a425797b5f048c86ca4f1144/aoa.md|publisher=GNU Radio|access-date=2021-12-29}}</ref> A three-member Board made up of elected General Assembly members took over the roles previously handled by the Project Lead.