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Hm no. I think the community driven ideas came most vocally from Amir, and were also carried and ultimately implemented by laanwj.
To me it went from:
Satoshi owning it -> Gavin ruling it like a king -> laanwj eradicating all centralized leadership. The community drive without gatekeepers is only possible since the lead maintainer stepped down after a long process of making sure no leader is needed.
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Also, Satoshi didn't envision this grant oriented, centralized governance model, correct? He saw it as more of a decentralized, community driven model?