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by bityard 1124 days ago
> There are plenty of examples from streamers to serious programmers but the most common is probably the benevolent dictator for life personalities for numerous software projects

Can you provide any examples from either of these?

I feel like you may be confusing "people with strong opinions" with "narcissistic cult leader."

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Richard Stallman is a classic example of this. Brilliant man who produced many valuable things while having a strong philosophical basis underpinning them. As a person he has also engaged in concerning behavior that was hard to separate from his contributions to the Open Source community.