The mechanism for that is really outside the scope of such codes, that is what the licence is for, and that's where the idea of the BDFL comes from: While the e

The mechanism for that is really outside the scope of such codes, that is what the licence is for, and that's where the idea of the BDFL comes from: While the established structure recognizes someone as the de-facto leader, there is no mechanism for that leader to actually stay in power if a large majority of the contributors want them gone, because a Free Software licence ensures that people can just fork if the dictator isn't sufficiently benevolent in their eyes.