GOVERNANCE.md: Post-Daniel BDFL

Some words on what happens at the point in a future when Daniel steps
away from the project

Closes #20325

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 If you (appear to) not be active in the project anymore, you may be removed as
 a maintainer. Thank you for your service.
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+# Post-Daniel BDFL
+
+At the point in a future when Daniel steps away from the project and stops
+being the project lead, there is reason to reconsider how to keep driving the
+project forward. Countries, companies and organizations have a single
+president or CEO for a reason; having a single leader that responsibly can
+take quick daily decisions is efficient. Without Daniel as BDFL, either
+someone else needs to step up and become president, or the project needs to
+adopt a council-driven process. Maybe both? Maybe vote a new project leader
+for one year or a few years at a time?
+
+Deciding the replacement person and governance is a subject for the curl core
+team to vote on. When that happens, this section of this document should also
+get updated.