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GNOME was one of the Engineering and technology good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Date	Process	Result
May 3, 2006	Good article nominee	Listed
November 14, 2006	Peer review	Reviewed
November 27, 2008	Good article reassessment	Delisted
December 1, 2010	Peer review	Reviewed
Current status: Delisted good article

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Relationship between GNOME and the GNU project

The article states "GNOME is part of the GNU Project[11] and developed by The GNOME Project", and it also states "Original author(s) The GNU Project".

Whether GNOME is part of the GNU Project is disputed. The GNU project claims that GNOME is an "official GNU software package". However, Here is a quote from Emmanuele Bassi, who is a long time core GTK developer for the Gnome Project, and former member of the Gnome Foundation board of directors:

As for the GNU project: GNOME is not part of GNU, though we focus on the same goal of a free-as-in-software-freedom operating system aimed at all users. GNOME has, and always had, its own infrastructure, rules, and governance, distinct from the GNU project.

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The original authors of the GNOME project, as stated in the History section, were Miguel de Icaza and Federico Mena. Since the GNOME project was never under the governance of the GNU project, copyright was never assigned to the FSF, so it is incorrect to say that "The GNU Project" were the original authors.