# Regarding the motto proposal

DevFeed: [Regarding the motto proposal](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/regarding-the-motto-proposal-33009.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://reactos.org/blogs/regarding-motto-proposal/>)

Published: 2014-03-03T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/front-page-on-reactos-website.md>)

Topics: [ReactOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/reactos.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [implementation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/implementation.md>), [Windows](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/windows.md>)

Tags: [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [comparison](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/comparison.md>), [free](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/free.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [os](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/os.md>), [react](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/react.md>), [reactos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reactos.md>), [statement](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/statement.md>), [win32](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/win32.md>), [winapi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/winapi.md>), [windows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/windows.md>)

## AI overview

The ReactOS Project rejected a community proposal to adopt "Open your Windows to Freedom" as its official motto. The project said the wording suggested hostility toward Microsoft and defined ReactOS too heavily in relation to Windows, rather than reflecting its independent utility, experimentation, and project goals.

## Source excerpt

The ReactOS Project recently received a proposal to adopt "Open your Windows to Freedom" as the official project motto, with the proposed motto itself having been selected in a self-organized vote by the community. After internal discussions between the team developers and other administrative members, the Project has chosen to reject the proposal. The following outlines the reasons. The overaching issue the team has with the proposal is the impression that "