How Benevolent Is Your Dictator?

In his article,”BDFL considered (potentially) harmful,” Steve McMahon makes some important observations about moral vs. legal authority of open-source project leaders and the importance of paying attention to the ownership of your open-source project’s trademarks and intellectual property, not just the license on the code.   Worth a read.

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