Benevolent Dictator For Life
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Benevolent Dictator For Life (commonly known as "BDFL") is a title sometimes given to an individual inside open source development teams. Such person, usually the project founder, is responsible for defining the general rules and development paths in the project as well as, on some situation, committing final decisions regarding critical project issues.[citation needed]
This terms has been taken from the Monty Python film series[Quotation needed from source] and firstly used in the Open Source Software community to humorously refer to Guido van Rossum, creator of the Python programming language.[1]
[edit] Examples of BDFL
- Guido van Rossum, for Python[2]
- Mark Shuttleworth, for Ubuntu[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Python Creator Scripts Inside Google. www.eweek.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-13.
- ^ The Four Hundred--Next Up on the System i: Python. www.itjungle.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-13.
- ^ Ubuntu founder defuses rumors of impending Microsoft deal. arstechnica.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-13.
