Richard Stallman Removed from the GCC Steering Committee

From the linked page:<p>&gt; In 2012 RMS was added to the GCC Steering Committee web page based on his role in the GNU Project, though his role as a member of the Steering Committee has been ambiguous and he was not a member of the Steering Committee when EGCS became GCC<p>In this context, the HN title above is somewhat misleading.

The followups are insightful. Eg. this one: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gcc.gnu.org&#x2F;pipermail&#x2F;gcc&#x2F;2021-March&#x2F;235183.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gcc.gnu.org&#x2F;pipermail&#x2F;gcc&#x2F;2021-March&#x2F;235183.html</a><p>&gt; Porting CLANG would have been easier (to some extent) BUT my choice was political and Stallman in the Steering Committee is a long term warranty that GCC development will not steer away from the Free Software conception that I know, betraying my trust.

Should have been done after the exporting AST debacle.

Another reminder that no-one is irreplaceable. I&#x27;m sure GCC will continue without him, one way or another.

The first email in the thread [0] has 10 reasons why Stallman should be cancelled. They repeat Stallman&#x27;s earlier opinions about pedophilia from before he changed his opinion on that, so they shouldn&#x27;t be valid.<p>About point 5 about &quot;defending sexual assault&quot;, I think it&#x27;s important to note that it was &quot;sexual assault&quot; only because that is the statutory charge used in Texas for violating the age of consent law [1]. If the incident [2] had happened a few miles away in Oklahoma where the age of consent is 16, there would not be a &quot;sexual assault&quot; charge. I complete agree with Stallman&#x27;s other point (made elsewhere) that more precise language needs be used to describe what actually happened.<p>I&#x27;m not defending Stallman about everything - the other points, which can be summed up as &quot;he&#x27;s a creep towards women and alienates them&quot;, are problematic, and if he won&#x27;t change his behaviour that might be a valid reason to cancel him.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gcc.gnu.org&#x2F;pipermail&#x2F;gcc&#x2F;2021-March&#x2F;235091.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gcc.gnu.org&#x2F;pipermail&#x2F;gcc&#x2F;2021-March&#x2F;235091.html</a><p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ageofconsent.net&#x2F;states&#x2F;texas" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ageofconsent.net&#x2F;states&#x2F;texas</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.independent.co.uk&#x2F;news&#x2F;world&#x2F;americas&#x2F;cody-wilson-3d-printed-gun-activist-sexual-assault-child-texas-a8546466.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.independent.co.uk&#x2F;news&#x2F;world&#x2F;americas&#x2F;cody-wilso...</a>

In order to be tolerant we must remove everyone that does not agree

Another interesting comment from the thread:<p>&gt; 4. Regarding morality. This letter (like many other sjw creatures) says many words about morality, diversity, but at the end of the day it boils down to removing Stallman from position. As a citizen of post-soviet country I can vividly see that this letter is enterely about politics and looks very similar to communist agenda which likes to hide authoritarian policies behind morality. It is very surprising for people from former Soviet block countries to see western world falling into &#x27;very familiar&#x27; but notorious propaganda.<p>I believe it&#x27;s not something specific to communism but to human nature. People in power tend to have low tolerance towards opposing views and perceive them as a threat. Hence the &#x27;you are either with us or against us&#x27; attitude, both from the left and right. In the end, people with more balanced views, or with no particular opinion on a give issue, seem to be in minority and as a consequence are afraid to speak up. This strengthens the position of those who have an axe to grind - it&#x27;s a vicious circle.

CIA plot to destroy open source software. Fake accusations will continue to be made by agents who are being paid to do so. Eventually when all the old guard has been removed everything will be corporatized and the GPL will be rescinded on all open source projects converting them to closed source capitalist piggy oink oink projects.

These foundations have always been a thorn in the sides of corporate interests. Kicking their teeth in under the guise of tolerance is an efficient way of doing it. Weird how the movement is as tolerant as the nazis to whoever doesn&#x27;t subscribe to their buzzwords and blatant exploitation of minorities&#x27; problems for faux outrage.

Is this an Aprils Fool&#x27;s joke? Pretty poor taste if so.

The solution to the Stallman problem at the FSF is probably as simple as removing his name from everything, posting some announcement on a “non-free” website.<p>He’ll never notice to cause trouble about it, he lives in a bubble.<p>Soon the problem will just solve itself, given his age and various obvious physical issues he’ll be dead in the next few years anyway.

Already GPLv3 infected....<p>But fun-fact:<p>&gt;The GCC Steering Committee is committed to providing a friendly, safe and welcoming environment for all, regardless of gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disabilities, neurodiversity, physical appearance, body size, ethnicity, nationality, race, age, religion, or similar personal characteristics.