From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-pf1-x433.google.com (mail-pf1-x433.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::433]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6F2823858C27 for ; Wed, 31 Mar 2021 23:35:39 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 6F2823858C27 Received: by mail-pf1-x433.google.com with SMTP id c204so137114pfc.4 for ; Wed, 31 Mar 2021 16:35:39 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding :content-language; bh=cUqute0xyRp+UZtMnxxNULxqrToUp9QnprkW3s/Fw3Y=; b=UlLco2Lo8OoO5gKTlQHvPZGs7nJ9fY9FpU04YD0IBakPv/pZgmsVI2CXGv1kiZ5JEV kD4TVZ7wqlQ5E5A+CK1DS1gB/O+Dpixljr0VJPxpZxC40t+N6R4fwueV3lFmJbducW1B kf5EfYgp9UiBF3NWxwcHcSWvOHZgRgb+ZOfSVaaj9uYCW1T5Qo1Yl9+Vq6VwxWTKCRx2 Z1njrfLOXk/adTiLXHf+Sp53TBdUKJqI6RFn0QCHs+3XVfs9qrP3r2oT2WSwzpaUWDn6 r1+XvC6nU1YvmaY/Xz0XUBa1+ik1wmWT2y4W95uiwIPi6W0bR8DYfI2FYu0CxsLbr7hr cQBA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530zMxXKOiV2PBMZM5qPbXO1XEBFWbP7VDeCrk65Z6xonJH3ivAw 6UBQnBRj375rGTxfvBrAT7WqyRUp2s2v9A== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwwq0bmvIirSgoXIok/XvUDsV6m7MmMcYuxTUTQTIyk5Vq0CwqWVbfRQhBf+b7dWXKVwYMVsA== X-Received: by 2002:a63:1b55:: with SMTP id b21mr5306223pgm.160.1617233738088; Wed, 31 Mar 2021 16:35:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.29] (65-130-77-186.slkc.qwest.net. [65.130.77.186]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id k127sm3445698pfd.63.2021.03.31.16.35.37 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 31 Mar 2021 16:35:37 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: RMS removed from the GCC Steering Committee (was: Remove RMS...) To: Giacomo Tesio , gcc@gcc.gnu.org References: <20210401011133.00001e9c@tesio.it> From: Jeff Law Message-ID: Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2021 17:35:36 -0600 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.9.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20210401011133.00001e9c@tesio.it> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Language: en-US X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, FREEMAIL_FROM, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, 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 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, 31 Mar 2021 23:35:40 -0000 On 3/31/2021 5:11 PM, Giacomo Tesio wrote: > 10 out of 13 members of the GCC steering committee work either for > American corporations (8), their subsidiaries (1) or an American > University (1) recently covered by the press in India [3]. > Also, 4 of these work for the same corporation (IBM / Red Hat). Actually, it's just 3 working for IBM/Red Hat.  My affiliation changed earlier this month.  I've updated the page appropriately. > > The other 3 are from German GmbH (2) or from a Nederlands public agency. > > > To me, and to billions of people, this shows a huge cultural bias. It's more historical than anything.  The majority of members on the committee were there since its inception back in the late 90s.  We are looking at how to increase diversity on the committee, but that's a separate and distinct issue from removal of RMS. Jeff