Nano is no longer a GNU project
I&#x27;m on the GNU maintainers team; I want to clarify a couple things about this:<p>First, Nano has _not_ left the GNU project; GNU Nano still does and will continue to exist.  The current maintainer of GNU Nano---Chris Allegretta---was hoping to add Benno Schulenberg as a co-maintainer, citing numerous contributions by him.  Unfortunately, Benno refused to accept GNU&#x27;s maintainership agreement, and so was not appointed.  Benno also did not want to assign copyright to the FSF for his contributions.<p>Instead, it seems, Benno decided to fork the project.  But he did so with hostility: he updated the official GNU Nano website, rather than creating a website for the fork.<p>It&#x27;s early, so there&#x27;s still discussion going on, but again, to be clear: GNU Nano has absolutely not left GNU.