Inquiry: Country of Origin for gfortran

[David Edelsohn]

Should this question be posed to the Linux distribution that NASA is using?

Thanks, David

On Sun, Jul 17, 2022 at 4:56 AM Thomas Koenig via Gcc <gcc@gcc.gnu.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Cynthia,
>
>  > Hello, my name is Cynthia and I am a Supply Chain Risk Management
>  > Analyst at NASA. NASA is currently conducting a supply chain
>  > assessment of gfortran. As stated in Sections 208 and 514 of the
>  > Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, Public Law 117-103,
>  > enacted March 15, 2022, a required step of our process is to
>  > verify the Country of Origin (CoO) information for the
>  > product (i.e., the country where the products were developed,
>  > manufactured, and assembled.)
>
>  > As gfortran is open source, we understand that this inquiry is
>  > not directly applicable, as contributions may be made from
>  > individuals from around the world. In this case, NASA is
>  > interested in confirming the following information:
>
>  > 1.  Is there an organization which sponsors/publishes the project, or
>  > a primary developer who audits the code for potential
> vulnerabilities, > errors, or malicious code? Y/N
>
> gfortran is not an independent project, it is part of the Gnu Compiler
> Collection, https://gcc.gnu.org/ .  As such, any evaluation you
> may already have made of gcc also should also apply to gfortran,
> and I am also addressing this mail to the gcc mailing list, where
> it is more appropriate, especially since I personally am unclear
> about the current relationship with the Free Software Foundation.
>
> Regarding gfortran specifically:  Code changes are reviewed by
> the individuals listed in the file
>
> https://gcc.gnu.org/git/?p=gcc.git;a=blob_plain;f=MAINTAINERS;hb=HEAD
>
> (where you can search for Fortran).
>
>  > 2.  Does gfortran have an overseeing organization or individual
>  >   along these lines? Y/N
>
> See my previous reply.
>
>  > 1.  If so, please provide the name of the organization and country
>  >     they are established in
>
>  > If the information above is unknown or cannot be provided, we
>  > request that you provide the country or list of countries where
>  > the majority of contributions originate from to satisfy Sections
>  > 208 and 514 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, Public
>  > Law 117-103, enacted March 15, 2022.
>
> Main contributions to gfortran, i.e. the Fortran front end to gcc and
> its supporting library, came (in no particular order) from the UK, the
> US, France, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic.
> Up to 2006, there were also some contributors from China.
>
> Best regards
>
> Thomas
>