Re: GSC 1.0 endorsement

[Kaz Kylheku (gnu-misc-discuss)]

On 2020-02-12 15:19, I wrote:
> The GNU project should also critically evaluate externally
> imposed requirements and reject bad ones, including ones
> coming from standards bodies like ISO and IEE.

Turns out, this is basically covered in the GNU Coding Standards.

https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Non_002dGNU-Standards.html#Non_002dGNU-Standards

"The GNU Project regards standards published by other
organizations as suggestions, not orders. We consider those
standards, but we do not “obey” them. In developing a GNU program,
you should implement an outside standard’s specifications when that
makes the GNU system better overall in an objective sense. When it
doesn’t, you shouldn’t."