RE: Progress on GCC plugins ?

[<Gerald dot Williams at infineon dot com>]

Mark Mitchell wrote:
> Anyhow, in practical terms, debating this here probably will have zero
> impact on the outcome.  The ball is in RMS' court, and SC members
> (including myself) have made many of the arguments that have been made
> in this thread.  If people want to influence the FSF, the best
approach
> is probably going to be sending mail directly to RMS, not discussing
it
> on this list.

I think your opinion probably carries a bit more weight
with RMS than mine. :-)

I don't want to prolong a pointless discussion either,
but I hope somebody has made the "forest through the
trees" argument. Proprietary extensions using a standard
plug-in interface will eventually get replaced by free
ones if they're of value. In the long term, this type of
direct assault on GPL would backfire in a big way.

-Jerry