Benevolent dictator for life (BDFL) is a title given to a small number of open-source software development leaders, typically project founders who retain...
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focuses on their supporters and their own self-interests. A benevolent dictator may allow for some civil liberties or democratic decision-making to exist...
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is the creator of the Python programming language, for which he was the "benevolent dictator for life" (BDFL) until he stepped down from the position on...
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Mark Shuttleworth (redirect from Self-appointed benevolent dictator for life)
tongue-in-cheek title "Self-Appointed Benevolent Dictator for Life" (SABDFL). To come up with a list of names of people to hire for the project, Shuttleworth took...
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Bram Moolenaar (section Early life and education)
was the creator, maintainer, and benevolent dictator for life of Vim, a vi-derivative text editor. He advocated for ICCF Holland, a non-governmental organization...
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"permanent vacation" from his responsibilities as Python's "benevolent dictator for life" (BDFL), a title the Python community bestowed upon him to reflect...
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Patrick Volkerding (section Personal life)
the Slackware Linux distribution. Volkerding is Slackware's "Benevolent Dictator for Life" (BDFL), and is also known informally as "The Man". Volkerding...
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Wes McKinney (section Early life and education)
and businessman. He is the creator and "Benevolent Dictator for Life" (BDFL) of the open-source pandas package for data analysis in the Python programming...
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regard for the benefit of the population as a whole, standing in contrast to the decidedly malevolent stereotype of a dictator. A benevolent dictator may...
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History of Python (category Wikipedia articles scheduled for update tagging)
reflected in the title given to him by the Python community, Benevolent Dictator for Life (BDFL). (However, Van Rossum stepped down as leader on July 12...
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Hickey continues to lead development of the language as its benevolent dictator for life. Rich Hickey is the creator of the Clojure language. Before Clojure...
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woes for Slackware's Patrick Volkerding". LWN.net. Retrieved July 20, 2021. Patrick Volkerding, who is the founder and benevolent dictator for life of the...
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Parts (by Inc. (magazine)) Peter principle Founder's dilemma Benevolent dictator for life Emotions in decision-making Illusion of control Overconfidence...
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Caldeira Knabben, the creator of the editor and the project's Benevolent Dictator for Life. After reaching more than 3 million downloads,[citation needed]...
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Eugen Rochko (section Early life)
a Benevolent Dictator For Life (BDFL)—a term given to some open source software developers who retain a final say in decisions. In his interview for the...
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The windmill was built in 1893 by the first Puerto de Mogán Benevolent Dictator for Life Mattimeo Mogán (Matt Mogán), and has been annually petitioned...
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It was for this effort which Theo de Raadt, the project's Benevolent Dictator for Life[citation needed], received the FSF's 2004 Award for the Advancement...
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encryption (RSA) Guido van Rossum, Python (programming language) Benevolent Dictator For Life Adi Shamir, encryption (RSA) Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical...
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is managed by Don Syme from Microsoft Research as the benevolent dictator for life (BDFL) for the language design, together with the F# Software Foundation...
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Hackspace, for example, is governed by an elected board of trustees. Others, such as Open Garage, are led by a single Benevolent Dictator For Life (BDFL)...
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Adrian Holovaty (section Life and career)
source web application framework for Python. He and Kaplan-Moss served as the framework's Benevolent Dictators for Life until January 2014. The pair wrote...
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Dictatorship (redirect from Personalist dictator)
dictatorships when he was made dictator perpetuo, or a dictator for life, which led to the creation of the Roman Empire. The rule of a dictator was not necessarily...
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Disorder British Defence Doctrine Bde – (s) Brigade BDFL – (i) Benevolent Dictator For Life BDI – (s) Burundi (ISO 3166 trigram) BDNF – (i) Brain-Derived...
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List of Dutch inventions and innovations (section Method for determining longitude using a clock (1530))
reflected in the title given to him by the Python community, benevolent dictator for life (BDFL). Vim is a text editor written by the Dutch free software...
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RoboThon 2012, UFO 3 was announced, and Tal Leming was named “Benevolent Dictator for life” of the UFO format. Major changes to the UFO include a reworking...
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Jessup agreed to stay on as both Lasso's Lead Developer and Benevolent Dictator for Life. Several releases (9.1 and 9.2) have released further developments...
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political system of choice for controlling dystopian societies in books, video games, TV and movies. Below is a list of fictional dictators. Rodden, John (2006)...
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Shauna Robertson (section Early life)
to take responsibility, to be organized. My mother called me the benevolent dictator because I liked things done in an efficient way." Robertson dropped...
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Africa; The Daily Times of Nigeria for instance stated that while undeniably a dictator, Gaddafi was the most benevolent in a region that only knew dictatorship...
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mañana a las salas de cine". La Verdad. Retrieved 3 August 2021. "Benevolent Dictator Finally Loses Post". The Wilmington News. Vol. 24, no. 9. Wilmington...
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