On Wed, 2021-04-07 at 10:51 -0400, Alfred M. Szmidt via Gcc wrote: > [...] That "gnu-stucture" document was written by RMS a couple of > months ago and doesn't represent how the GNU project and its > maintainers have worked for years. > > It reflects the same message that has been sent to new GNU > maintainers > for the decades. The GNU structure and organization document > (https://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-structure.en.html) is basically a > reflection of that, and how we have been doing things for decades.
"We've always done it this way" is not necessarily a good defence of an existing practice. > You can raise any issues you think do not reflect on the lists, or > with the GNU Advisory Committee. > > RMS indeed claims to be the "Chief GNUisance" of the GNU project > and > that that title somehow makes him the leader of the project and > that > he appoints GNU maintainers. > > That is true, RMS appoints which projects become GNU projects or not, > and who maintains them. And as maintainers we have a lot of freedom, > as > can be seen here, and elsewhere. What you're describing sounds like a dictatorship to me. > > The GNU Assembly is having a similar > discussion right now > > It should be noted that this group is not associated with the GNU > project, or represents it in anyway, despite pretending to. I don't think you get to speak for who is or is not a member of the GNU project. As far as I know, "GNU" isn't trademarked. My opinions, not my employer's, as usual Dave