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From: Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2021 10:23:03 +0100
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Subject: Re: RMS removed from the GCC Steering Committee (was: Remove RMS...)
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On Thu, 1 Apr 2021 at 10:13, Jonathan Wakely wrote:
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> On Thu, 1 Apr 2021, 01:05 Giacomo Tesio, <giacomo@tesio.it> wrote:
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>> People all over the world, whatever their country, should be sure to be
>> treated fairly and equally by the GCC leaders even if they want to
>> contribute something that does not match the culture or interests you
>> represent.
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> Everybody is welcome to send patches for GCC. The steering committee doesn't decide what people work on, and they don't approve patches.

I don't think "the West" creates the same perceptual problem for
potential new contributors as Nathan explained in his original email.
Of course more diversity in the GCC community and the SC is needed.
But if you think simply being American causes the same (or "more
severe") image problem, maybe you missed the point of Nathan's
original email.