I am glad this email created some discussion.
Some users seem to think the change was either reckless or nontransparent.
This includes one user who replied me off list:
> Please continue until they tell the truth.
Given the additional context provided by the answers, I agree with that opinion.
I
> Quite a few projects under the GNU project[1] have dissociated
themselves from the FSF, so "as defined by the FSF" perhaps doesn't
apply as consistently as it did before.
That doesn't really answer any of my questions, though.
Thank you.
> Well there was an announcement; the changes in the mission statement reflect
> the new reality introduced by that announcement:
>
> https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc/2021-June/236182.html
>
> Siddhesh
I was aware of that announcement, but it doesn't mention the mission
statement at
Hi.
The Mission Statement of the GCC project recently changed without any
announcement.
I am not a contributor to GCC, merely a user.
However, I'd like to understand more, especially about the
transparency of the project.
The GCC Steering Committee is supposed to follow the mission statement
as
