The beating heart of a FOSS project is thus typically a small number of user-contributors who "fall into" maintainer status and continue to do so because, well...someone's gotta do it. These people chart a future that's relevant to their needs, but the door is usually open for other people with other needs to make things happen. The source is open, after all.
For example, I cared about #Owncast on #Roku, which wasn't a priority for @gabek . I persisted anyway, and he was happy to let me. 3/?