A maintainer position is a professional position — unpaid or otherwise. It isn’t a “gig.”

And I can’t run my computer with “good intentions.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1vTGN52MCc

The fuck are you taking about? Yes a maintainer is a service job. Their role is to be a good steward of the project they maintain. Accepting good submissions, coordinating QA, cutting releases.

If they do a bad job, then they’re liable to be criticized which is what I actually said and I won’t dignify your strawman with a response.

And FYI, a license is a contract.

What? Someone forced them to be maintainers?

Maintainers signed up to maintain. If they don’t maintain, no one owes them kind words and encouragement.