From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mr85p00im-ztdg06011101.me.com (mr85p00im-ztdg06011101.me.com [17.58.23.185]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F06223848431 for ; Wed, 9 Jun 2021 14:02:35 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org F06223848431 Received: from smtpclient.apple (ip70-173-44-223.lv.lv.cox.net [70.173.44.223]) by mr85p00im-ztdg06011101.me.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3B54B4A06BA for ; Wed, 9 Jun 2021 14:02:34 +0000 (UTC) From: Aaron Gyes Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 14.0 \(3654.100.0.2.22\)) X-Priority: 3 Subject: Re: Mission Statement Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2021 07:02:34 -0700 References: <5ed046a2-a2f1-f5e3-7399-dbf31808b8ef@gotplt.org> To: GCC Administrator via Gcc In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <669FC649-B982-4DBF-B6E7-EBD97EDCBBE3@icloud.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3654.100.0.2.22) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: =?UTF-8?Q?vendor=3Dfsecure_engine=3D1.1.170-22c6f66c430a71ce266a39bfe25bc?= =?UTF-8?Q?2903e8d5c8f:6.0.391,18.0.761,17.0.607.475.0000000_definitions?= =?UTF-8?Q?=3D2021-06-09=5F01:2021-06-04=5F01,2021-06-09=5F01,2020-04-07?= =?UTF-8?Q?=5F01_signatures=3D0?= X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 suspectscore=0 mlxscore=0 spamscore=0 malwarescore=0 bulkscore=0 mlxlogscore=949 adultscore=0 clxscore=1015 phishscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.12.0-2009150000 definitions=main-2106090070 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, FREEMAIL_FROM, HTML_MESSAGE, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.29 X-BeenThere: gcc@gcc.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Gcc mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2021 14:02:37 -0000 On Jun 9, 2021, at 6:48 AM, Christopher Dimech via Gcc > wrote > All this could became meaningless in ten years time because major > changes have resulted from division. If we go on dividing the > world using a knife rather than stitching it together, everything > will be left in tatters. The more effort taken in this direction, > the more destructive things will become. Rather, we must touch > deeper dimensions of our intelligence which is naturally > unifying. >=20 > For the sake of study, we initially divided things. With time we > start believing that's how things work. But nature is such that > without inclusiveness, there is no possibility. If people do not > understand what I am talking about, they only have to keep their > mouth shut and hold their nose, and became totally exclusive. > And in a few minutes they will be dead. >=20 > The question is whether we are conscious about what is happening > or not. Otherwise, inclusiveness will only be for survival > purposes. The recent changes in the control of Gcc have all been > about survival. Although, the change in copyright assignment can > prove beneficial to everybody, this assumes that the people in > the Gcc Steering Committee are actually capable of formally > understanding and operating the appropriate legal instruments (or > getting people who do the capability) to move the world closer to > a freedom respecting technological culture. >=20 > It is undeniable that the driving force behind the change was not > communal at all. The aim was to loosen the bonds between the GCC > Projects and the FSF, pushed by the drive to impose the most > extreme form of censure to an individual and declare him "Persona > Non-Grata". >=20 > As for the way forward in the next ten years, software must > became much leaner and effective because of technological > capabilities. There is no other way. Software has not moved > fast as it should be for users. The trend in the world in the > area of technology is that most things are becoming very lean and > mean. One of the greatest injustices I see is that many things > are made in a hurry. I imagine a person who could write this sort of thing in this context = might imagine themselves a prescient voice of reason, along the lines of = Cicero or=20 something or perhaps imagine the writings one day being read it and = readers shaking their heads sadly at how they were treated just as they do when reading = about Socrates=E2=80=99 Apology, or Tacitus about suffering under the emperors. Instead, I = suspect this will be tossed in a very different, more awkward category. Aaron=