Zed A. Shaw发表论文分析软件开发领域的权力专制问题，通过Python社区的具体案例揭示了社区领导层对规则的选择性执行1。论文以2012年PyCon大会上Steve Holden的行为与2013年Dongle事件的迥异处理为例，论证权力人物获得了不平等保护1。
Steve Holden在2012年PyCon多次要求一名女性触摸其带有性暗示含义的毛绒蛇，这一行为违反了他本人投票支持的社区《行为准则》，但他未受处罚，反而获得更多合同1。与此形成对比的是，2013年Dongle事件中两名普通参与者因一次私下性别歧视笑话被逐出社区并失业1。报告该事件的记者Adria Richards随后遭到解雇和攻击1。
Shaw将专制定义为"任何在没有所有参与者热情知情同意情况下给予或获取的权力从属"1，认为Python社区对权力人物与普通成员的差别对待构成了明显的专制行为1。
A paper examining power dynamics within software development communities argues that authoritarianism manifests through unequal protection of authority figures and selective enforcement of community rules 1. The analysis highlights a stark contrast in how the Python community handled two separate incidents involving Code of Conduct violations.
In 2012 at PyCon, Steve Holden repeatedly asked female attendees to touch his "one eyed snake," a plush toy with explicit sexual connotations, in direct violation of the Code of Conduct that he himself had voted to support 1. Rather than facing disciplinary action, Holden received additional speaking contracts 1. Conversely, during the 2013 Dongle incident, two ordinary conference participants were expelled and subsequently lost their jobs after making a single off-color joke about gender in a private conversation 1. Reporter Adria Richards, who publicly reported the Dongle incident, faced termination and harassment as a consequence 1.
The paper defines authoritarianism as "any deference to authority given or taken without the enthusiastic informed consent of everyone involved" 1. The disparate treatment of these cases—with privileged community members shielded from accountability while ordinary participants faced severe consequences for comparable infractions—exemplifies how power and hierarchy operate within coding communities 1.
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