Mission Statement

[Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>]

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.

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.

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.

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".

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.

> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2021 at 4:56 PM
> From: "Siddhesh Poyarekar" <siddhesh@gotplt.org>
> To: "Valentino Giudice" <valentino.giudice96@gmail.com>, gcc@gcc.gnu.org
> Subject: Re: GCC Mission Statement
>
> On 6/9/21 10:13 AM, Valentino Giudice via Gcc wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > The Mission Statement of the GCC project recently changed without any
> > announcement.
>
> Well there was an announcement; the changes in the mission statement
> reflect the new reality introduced by that announcement:
>
> https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc/2021-June/236182.html
>
> Siddhesh
>



----- Christopher Dimech
Administrator General - Naiad Informatics - Gnu Project

Society has become too quick to pass judgement and declare someone
Persona Non-Grata, the most extreme form of censure a country can
bestow.

In a new era of destructive authoritarianism, I support Richard
Stallman.  Times of great crisis are also times of great
opportunity.  I call upon you to make this struggle yours as well !

https://stallmansupport.org/
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