Remove RMS from the GCC Steering Committee
There are people protesting against RMS, and especially how he&#x27;s non-inclusive of women. I understand why people want to remove him from his position of power, but I fear that by removing him we would lose one of the uncompromising figures of software freedom. For example, the author refers to &quot;the other open source compiler&quot;, which I suppose is LLVM. But LLVM allows Apple to not release some optimizations because it&#x27;s not copyleft. I fear that by insisting so much on removing RMS we may move from &quot;activist open source&quot; to &quot;corporation allowed open source&quot;.<p>Is this paranoia on my part? Or maybe I&#x27;m valuing freedom more than inclusivity because, as a white male, I don&#x27;t feel the need for inclusivity as much as other people? I&#x27;m not sure of the answer, but I feel that there&#x27;s a tradeoff that is made by removing RMS that isn&#x27;t explicit and calculated.<p>I&#x27;d like to hear other views on that and what people think.