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By the grace of Git, sovereign of the repository

Monarchy

A charter for the governance of an operating system

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1. Article the First

   The maintainer decides.

2. Article the Second

   Merge requests are petitions. Petitions may be denied without cause.

3. Article the Third

   Design by committee is a defect. It has been patched.

4. Article the Fourth

   Consensus is slow. Taste is not.

5. Article the Fifth

   The bikeshed has been painted. The colour is not open to comment.

6. Article the Sixth

   Your distro has a foundation. This one has a founder.

7. Article the Seventh

   There shall be no working groups, no mailing-list votes, and no requests for comment.

8. Article the Eighth

   Defaults are handed down, not negotiated.

9. Article the Ninth

   The realm ships twenty-two themes. The throne remains one.

10. Article the Tenth

    Absolute power. Zero-dollar pricing.

11. Article the Eleventh

    Every subject retains the right to fork. This is the whole of the constitution.

12. Article the Twelfth

    See Article the First.

Given under Our hand, and sealed this day.