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 just about anything I like. I say that I truly try to be a benevolent dictator, but then I presume quite a few dictators would say so.
Next week I will tell you all about how I view this dictatorship and how it is not quite like a dictatorship of a country since in our case, everyone could just leave if I misbehave.
@bagder though, i think you still have a large amount of structural power due to the network effect of everyone using curl rather than some store brand curl. recent events in nix have made me think a lot about why people do forks and why they get adopted and how there's always going to be some "apolitical" group that never adopts any fork because of how they think of power and ownership.
idk. rambly, but, gosh software is truly just reproducing the broader world and isn't special. it's cool!
@leftpaddotpy I won't deny that I have power - and with power comes responsibility. I want to use my power for good, to push things in the right direction in sync with what users want and Internet in general.
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