From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org (eggs.gnu.org [IPv6:2001:470:142:3::10]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EACFE3858D38; Fri, 21 Oct 2022 00:33:58 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org EACFE3858D38 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=gnu.org Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=gnu.org Received: from linux-libre.fsfla.org ([209.51.188.54] helo=free.home) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1olfz2-0004fX-Vp; Thu, 20 Oct 2022 20:33:57 -0400 Received: from livre (livre.home [172.31.160.2]) by free.home (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id 29L0Xjk0955599 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 20 Oct 2022 21:33:46 -0300 From: Alexandre Oliva To: Siddhesh Poyarekar Cc: Mark Wielaard , gdb@sourceware.org, Overseers mailing list , libc-alpha@sourceware.org, binutils@sourceware.org, gcc@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: Toolchain Infrastructure project statement of support Organization: Free thinker, not speaking for the GNU Project References: <2513b668-9ebd-9e78-7263-dc24f4a9558a@redhat.com> <20221013182529.sm76fysq37sv754x@cgf.cx> <9c0a9111-07b1-3617-c5c8-4b12e616f985@gotplt.org> <7abeb179-2c05-eee9-bd68-3b5f8a11bd32@gotplt.org> <20221018164201.22snv4zgbbobnzht@cgf.cx> <290f80c3-abb4-2f35-f933-066856542a02@gotplt.org> Errors-To: aoliva@lxoliva.fsfla.org Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 21:33:44 -0300 In-Reply-To: <290f80c3-abb4-2f35-f933-066856542a02@gotplt.org> (Siddhesh Poyarekar's message of "Tue, 18 Oct 2022 14:13:21 -0400") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.84 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,KAM_DMARC_STATUS,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS,TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: On Oct 18, 2022, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote: > The rest, AFAICT, are either fear of some kind of corporate takeover, > discussions about current sourceware infrastructure, or just rhetoric, > none of which I'm interested in engaging with. So in which category do you place my question about the viability of using the funds raised through the LF to pay for IT services provided by third parties rather than by the LF? -- Alexandre Oliva, happy hacker https://FSFLA.org/blogs/lxo/ Free Software Activist GNU Toolchain Engineer Disinformation flourishes because many people care deeply about injustice but very few check the facts. Ask me about