<li><p><b>Trust over hierarchy:</b> SQLite's developers check
    changes into their local repository, and these are immediately and
    automatically synchronized up to the central repository; there is no
    "[https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Distributed-Git-Distributed-Workflows#_dictator_and_lieutenants_workflow|dictator
    and lieutenants]" hierarchy as with Linux kernel contributions.  D.
    Richard Hipp rarely overrides decisions made by those he has trusted
    with commit access on his repositories. Fossil allows you to give
    [/doc/trunk/www/admin-v-setup.md|some users] more power over what
    they can do with the repository, but Fossil does not otherwise
    directly support the enforcement of a development organization's
    social and power hierarchies. Fossil is a great fit for
    [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_organization|flat
    organizations].</p></li>

    <li><p><b>No easy drive-by contributions:</b> Git