> The FSF's responsibility for legal matters under the Mission > Statement comes with a duty to the developers not to get in the way > of the "Patches will be considered equally based on their technical > merits." principle from the Mission Statement. The FSF is failing in > its duty to what was traditionally considered one of its flagship > projects. If this has not been brought up with the full board of > directors of the FSF, it is time that it was so brought up. Richard > may have the right point in > <http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2010-07/msg00411.html> regarding problems > with FSF leadership. I support the FSF's various campaigns for > freedom and against closed devices and systems, but I get the > impression that they have been losing sight of the needs of their > traditional flagship projects lately.
I agree. SC, please escalate. -benjamin