"The image he created is that he is this benevolent millionaire who donates his time for this charitable project; that is not true".
In the very brief time between returning to Boston and the onset of her illness two and one-half years ago, she made many new friends and participated in a number of benevolent groups and projects.
The back of his head, where hair might be, was freshly shorn, and his features, which in dark or obscure moods can appear mottled and knotted, were at rest, projecting benevolent bemusement.
The FN's ethnic constituency projects a benevolent face, to be contrasted with the intolerance attributed to Islamism.
"Apple Computer has shown that you can be very focused on margins and at the same time project a benevolent image," Mr. Wall said.
But Internet.org product manager Guy Rosen defends the project's benevolent side by reiterating Mark Zuckerberg's white papers, telling me that Internet access can have a profound positive impact on the carrier opportunities and education for people in the developing world.
These communities are guided by respected members, known as "elders" or "benevolent dictators" (for open-source projects), who have gained their status because of the quality of their contributions.Most of these elders are technical and social engineers who work for academic institutions or other not-for-profit organisations.
A self-proclaimed "concurrent entrepreneur" who likes "to keep busy", Mankins', is still "actively seeking" funding for SPS-Alpha for a benevolent partner to bankroll the project.
What's most important in the short run, though, is that Spinnaker is now getting a formal governance structure whereas before, it was basically run as a GitHub project with a benevolent dictator in place.
Most of these projects are overseen by a "benevolent dictator", such as Mr Torvalds.Although no panacea, open-source software has several advantages over proprietary programs, besides being free.
