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=== Split from GNU === GnuTLS was created for the [[GNU Project]],<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> but in December 2012 its maintainer, Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos, dissociated the project from GNU after policy disputes with the [[Free Software Foundation]].<ref name=":0">[https://lwn.net/Articles/529522/ GnuTLS, copyright assignment, and GNU project governance] on lwn.net by Michael Kerrisk (December 20, 2012)</ref><ref name=":1"> {{cite web | url = https://lwn.net/Articles/529558/ | title = gnutls is moving | date = 2012-12-18 | author = Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos | access-date = 2012-12-11 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> [[Richard Stallman]] opposed this move and suggested [[Fork (software)|forking]] the project instead.<ref>{{cite mailing list|url=https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnutls-devel/2012-12/msg00003.html|title=GNUTLS is not going anywhere|date=2012-12-11|first=Richard|last=Stallman|mailing-list=gnutls-devel|quote=you cannot take GNUTLS out of the GNU Project. |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Soon afterward, developer Paolo Bonzini ended his maintainership of GNU [[Sed]] and [[Grep]], expressing concerns similar to those of GnuTLS maintainer Mavrogiannopoulos.<ref>{{cite mailing list|url=https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2012-12/msg00011.html|title=GNU sed 4.2.2 released, and a rant from the maintainer|mailing-list=bug-gnu-utils|first=Paolo|last=Bonzini|date=2012-12-22 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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