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 and 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