> The authority of the FSF, GNU and RMS over GCC is and has been a > fiction for decades,
For the most part, I agree. > It would be usefull to clarify with the FSF and GNU what the > actual relations are, Why? What would that gain? I go back to my analogy of the British Queen. What would be gained by "clarifying" that if she actually intervenes non-trivially in the government of any Commonwealth nation, she'd lose that power?