Who is SABDFL? What does he do?

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what is the meaning of SABDFL?

score 26 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 05 '10 at 09:20

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SABDFL stands for Self Appointed Benevolent Dictator For Life, and is the nickname and IRC nick of Mark Shuttleworth, the guy who started the Ubuntu project.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SABDFL

answered Aug 05 '10 at 09:20

popey

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score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 22 '16 at 22:18

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Self-Appointed Benevolent Dictator for Life

Wikipedia:

Benevolent Dictator For Life or BDFL is a title given to a small number of open source software development leaders.

edited Jun 22 '16 at 22:18

andrew.46

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answered Aug 05 '10 at 09:22

Andres

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Who is SABDFL? What does he do?

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