Re: Types of OSS Projects, review requested

From: Mitch Pirtle <mitch(dot)pirtle(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: PostgreSQL Advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Types of OSS Projects, review requested
Date: 2005-03-14 22:20:43
Message-ID: 330532b6050314142027f1830@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 12:11:06 -0500, Robert Treat
<xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net> wrote:
> >
> Looks like I futzed up the cc to advocacy again... hey all , what do folks
> think about this? I just can't think of any monarchy that people think
> highly of (maybe monaco) but also monarchy seems to imply that control stays
> within the family... with a dictatorship the torch can be passed to a
> favorable replacement... anyone have a better wording?

The term 'benevolent dictatorship' also stems from the FOSS vernacular
and terminology - not sure if that would be read the same way by
someone new to FOSS.

-- Mitch

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