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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