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The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is the principal organizational sponsor of the GNU Project. | The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is the principal organizational sponsor of the GNU Project. | ||
Octave became GNU Octave in 1997 (beginning with version 2.0.6). This meant agreeing to consider Octave a part of the GNU Project and support the efforts of the FSF. A big part of this effort is to adhere to the [http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html GNU coding standards] and to benefit from GNU's infrastructure (e.g. [http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/ code hosting] and [http://bugs.octave.org bug | Octave became GNU Octave in 1997 (beginning with version 2.0.6). This meant agreeing to consider Octave a part of the GNU Project and support the efforts of the FSF. A big part of this effort is to adhere to the [http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html GNU coding standards] and to benefit from GNU's infrastructure (e.g. [http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/ code hosting] and [http://bugs.octave.org bug tracking]). Additionally, Octave receives [https://my.fsf.org/donate/working-together/octave sponsorship] from the FSF's Working Together fund. However, Octave is not and has never been developed by the FSF. | ||
For more information about the GNU project, see http://www.gnu.org. | For more information about the GNU project, see http://www.gnu.org. |