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What Does David Heinemeier Hansson Say Is Wrong With a Benevolent Dictator for Life?
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On Rework, David Heinemeier Hansson tells Matt Mullenweg that benevolent dictator for life is a bad way to govern open source. Wikipedia lists Hansson for Ruby on Rails and Mullenweg for WordPress, and Hansson says the label asks people to trust that a dictator will keep making good choices. He points to Richard Stallman and the free software movement as a case where that title hid real power that was later misused. He wants power in open source named and limited, not excused because anyone is allowed to fork the code.
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