> How is an official conference organized by the project itself "free time" and not related to the project? I'm not saying that it is not related to the projec

> How is an official conference organized by the project itself "free time" and not related to the project? I'm not saying that it is not related to the project. I'm saying that they are conducting the project in their free time. > Open source is also about open community. If you see how different people talk about their "tech stacks" (i.e. talk to a node module maintainer and a kernel hacker and you'll see the differences), it is a misconception that there is "one" open source community. Luckily, there are many. > I know I wouldn’t feel comfortable contributing to it Then don't. It would even understand if you'd advise people to avoid such conferences. But advising people, i.e. non involved end users, not to use the software is a bit far.