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It is way more complicated than that. Very good explanation, I could never do it justice.
Edit: I found an even better one https://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2024/03/30/a-microcosm-of-the-interactions-in-open-source-projects/
i know it's rather involved, i've been tailing it from the sidelines, though like i said, i am not a developer, so in terms of code and maintaining code im blind there. But everything else i understand.
It's definitely an interesting situation to observe.