Seonglae ChoBenevolent dictator for life
Title granted to open source software development leaders
Primarily, the founder of the project who can ultimately make a decision when there is a debate within the community
First used in 1995 as a title referring to Guido van Rossum, the founder of Python
My BDFL guiding principles
The thing about me being a BDFL for curl is that it has the D in there. I have the means and ability to push for or veto just about anything I like or don’t like in the project, should I decide to. In my public presentations about curl I emphasize that I truly try to be a benevolent dictator, but then I also presume quite a few dictators would say and believe so whether that is true or not to the outside world.
https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/05/27/my-bdfl-guiding-principles/
