Because GNOME is supposed to be an open, not closed system. At least that's how I've always seen it.
P.S. Since I got 2 downvotes, could someone please explain me what's wrong with writing a personal opinion?
P.S. Since I got 2 downvotes, could someone please explain me what's wrong with writing a personal opinion?
Frankly, if there's something that Gnome needs (or just can get significant value from) that is available on Linux but not other platforms, I see nothing wrong with abandoning those other platforms until/unless they catch up. That's just progress.
That said, I don't see any evidence that this is actually happening. The systemd proposal was just that (a proposal), and while systemd is a pretty invasive change to linux boot and daemon management it really doesn't seem like something that couldn't be abstracted by FreeBSD in a way that would work with Gnome.
P.S. Quoting from Wikipedia: "Open systems are computer systems that provide some combination of interoperability, _portability_, and open software standards." [1]
Also the name GNOME is an acronym of GNU Network Object Model Environment. It refers to GNOME’s original intention of creating a distributed object framework similar to Microsoft's OLE. [2] If GNOME is considered an open system despite working only on Linux, the same could be said about OLE, but I doubt many would agree with this.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_system_%28computing%29