Re: Decision process

[Per Bothner]

Etienne M. Gagnon wrote:

> What is the formal decision process to get my proposal accepted or 
> rejected?
> [Is there a voting process?  Is RMS the sole decision maker, and so we 
> should submit the question to him?  Is the GCC steering committee the 
> authority in this case? I really have no idea!]

The final authority is the FSF board of directors. If RMS and the Gcc SC 
agree, and there
is no objection from Moglin (the FSF's legal council, who is also an FSF 
board member),
the rest of FSF board is unlikely to complain.  If you convince RMS, I 
suspect the Gcc
SC will not object either.

So while RMS is not the sole decision maker,  if you can convince him, 
the rest will
probably go along.

> So, I repeate my question:  What is the process to get my proposal 
> accepted or rejected formally?

You first need to get it accepted or rejected informally, and you do 
that by contacting RMS.

   --Per Bothner