Remove RMS from the GCC Steering Committee

[Marek Polacek]

On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 04:02:30PM -0400, Nathan Sidwell wrote:
> [double sigh, attaching a pdf causes it to be blocked, and I guess the
> number of URLs is also triggering a spam trap for the follow up.  I have
> removed many of the URLS from this, you'll have to use your google-fu for
> sources.  I emailed several members of the SC, and don't want to bomb them
> with yet a third copy. ]
> 
> Dear members of the GCC Steering Committee (SC),  I ask you to remove
> Richard Stallman (RMS) from the SC, or, should you chose not to do so, make
> a clear statement as to why he remains.

[...]

> I am writing this publicly, as it is important we address the issue. In
> 2019, when RMS resigned from the FSF, I asked the SC about his status on the
> SC (the web site continued to list his affiliation as FSF).  I never saw as
> response. I failed to follow up. (FWIW, I never received a response to a
> technical licensing issue I asked in 2020. Something seems amiss.)
> In the alternative, I want you to make a definitive statement about why you
> choose not to make such a change.  Do not hide behind silence.  Silence is
> agreeing with the status quo.  Further, if you choose not to make a change,
> do not hide behind a technicality. (My understanding is that RMS has veto
> power.) The rules of the SC are not immutable laws of the universe, nor does
> humanity have immutable laws cast in stone.  The EGCS project showed that we
> can make changes with GCC’s social organization.  If we fail to do so, it
> will continue to be harder and harder to attract new talent to GCC
> development.

I support this and believe we ought to act now.

Marek