SC issues

[Richard Kenner]

    The power of those companies doesn't (only) come through the SC.  It's
    a natural power, the consequence of being major contributors.  

The latter part is true, but you are arguing against yourself here.  The
same companies whose employees are the major contributors are not
necessarily those represented in the SC.  This means that the contributors
have greater power, in some sense, than the SC, which is the way I think
things should be.

    "everyone", "matter of freedom", "people", "socially useful": an
    interest of the general public.

Yes, but indirectly.  The FSF believes in a *particular* strategy of
software development in the belief that it is in the interest of the
general public.  But that does *not* mean that it will make decision
which might conceivably benefit the general public at the expense of
its primary goals of free software.  This is not the place to discuss
general FSF philosophy, but it is important to understand that the
*primary* interest of the FSF is free software.