[tyre10]

There are dozens of other gcc developers: Had they been eager to accept this offer, they'd have found ways to make Stallman see that email.

Where was the SC, who just had enough power to remove RMS, in this situation? Why aren't they to blame?

Most likely, as is always the case with large patches, no developer wanted to bother, because LLVM wasn't known yet.

But we are post-truth, and all failings of an organization are attributed to a single individual. Seems like the tradition of human sacrifices to cleanse a group is popular again.