[$] Turmoil for Drupal

The Drupal content management system(CMS) has been an open-source tool of choice for many web site owners forwell over a decade now. Over that time, it has been overseen by itsoriginal developer, Dries Buytaert, who is often referred to as thebenevolent dictator for life (BDFL) for the project. Some recent eventshave led a sizable contingent in the Drupal community to question hisleadership, however. A request that a prominent developer leave the Drupalcommunity, apparently over elements of his private life rather than anyDrupal-related misstep, has led to something of an outcry in thatcommunity-it may well lead to a change in the governance of the project.