Who is SABDFL? What does he do?

Question

what is the meaning of SABDFL?

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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.