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Fedora Project: Leadership: DRAFT II

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 4, 2003

“The Fedora leadership structure is not a voting structure. Our
structure follows historical Linux and Red Hat practice; we seek
rough consensus and working code, with a benevolent oligarchy (like
a benevolent dictatorship, but hierarchical) to resolve disputes
and ensure that consistent decisions are made. The leaders who need
to achieve consensus will be chosen by merit; functionally, this
will be a meritocracy.

“The Technical Lead will be the main functional ‘benevolent
dictator’ (in the Linux kernel sense), but may be overridden by the
Steering Committee, which itself reports to Red Hat’s executive
management…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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