&gt; &quot;I&#x27;m getting downvoted by people who don&#x27;t like the reality, I guess; I&#x27;m just pointing out the truth as I have experienced it myself.&quot;<p>I don&#x27;t doubt that this is what you&#x27;ve found to be true, but I agree with how nostrademons put it, it&#x27;s self-fulfilling.<p>Open source projects don&#x27;t have to be adversarial, though some of them certainly are. What sets the projects listed here apart from the more adversarial projects?<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10642500" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10642500</a>