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+EGCS is a free software project to further the development of the GNU
+compilers using an open development environment.
+
++ Compilers are available under the terms of the GPL.
++ Copyrights for the compilers are to be held by the FSF.
++ Other components (runtime libraries, testsuites, etc) will be
+ available under various free licenses with copyrights being held
+ by individual authors or the FSF.
++ Further Development of GNU Compilers
+ New languages
+ New optimizations
+ New targets
+ Improved runtime libraries
+ Various infrastructure improvements
++ Open Development Environment
+ Encourage cooperation and communication between developers
+ Work more closely with "consumers"
+ Code available to everyone at anytime, and development is open to anyone
+ that wants to contribute.
+ Patches will be considered equally based on their technical merits
+ All individuals and companies are welcome to contribute as long as they
+ accept the groundrules.
++ Open mailing lists
++ Developer friendly tools and procedures (ie cvs, multiple maintainers, etc)
++ Conflicts of interest exist for many egcs developers, the developers as
+ well as the egcs steering committee will not allow those
+ conflicts of interest to have an effect on the egcs project