On Saturday, 23 January 2016 at 15:41:43 UTC, ronaldmc wrote:
On Saturday, 23 January 2016 at 01:23:20 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
[...]
Because maybe you don't read too much (outside programming),
you can easily find the term being used on open source. i.e:
http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/dictators_free_and_open_source_software
And it's not new, there are old articles like from 2004:
http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/stories/2004-08-17/linus-torvalds-benevolent-dictatorship
[...]
You don't need to draw for me that you're an user as much I am
and if you're writing something of course it's your opinion.
I'm out for now, I'll don't reply anymore.
It's actually a very common term in FOSS.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolent_dictator_for_life
D is indeed Walter's ambition, and D2 is Walter/Andrei's. They
have put the most effort into the project which is why their word
gets the most weight, but I disagree with the notion that
everyone else is shut out.
