On Sun, 11 Apr 2021, 15:26 Richard Sandiford via Gcc, <gcc@gcc.gnu.org> wrote:
> > > I think it's misleading to talk about GCC “leaving” or “disassociating > itself” from the FSF or from the GNU project. No-one can force the FSF or > the GNU project to drop GCC (and I don't think anyone's trying to make it > do that). I think what we're really talking about is whether there should > be a fork. There doesn't *have* to be a fork. If GCC walked away from GNU, the GNU system could continue to use GCC with no actual input to it, just like it uses the Linux kernel (except for a statistically insignificant number of GNU/Hurd systems). I have no objection to the FSF using my GCC work (they are free to do so, like all users are, thanks to the excellent GPL). But I no longer want to be required to give them the copyright or ownership of that work. But for various reasons being passive consumers of a non-FSF GCC probably wouldn't be popular, so a fork may be for the best. > > FWIW, again speaking personally, I would be in favour of joining a fork.[*] > Glad to hear it :-) I will be forking, alone if necessary, but I've already been told by a few people I won't be alone.
