@neil I don't think that's true for a volunteer-driven project. Basically no one wants to volunteer to take orders. Contributors volunteer to make something they believe in. The protection for the users is free software itself. If users don't like how a project is running, they can fork, or support someone else who forks. This is the difference between Debian, which is run by volunteer contributors, vs Ubuntu/RedHat/etc which are companies that serve customers to make a profit.