Something this doesn't seem to mention is the organizational size of the software supplier, which I think is an important factor. If a company provides a free

Something this doesn't seem to mention is the organizational size of the software supplier, which I think is an important factor. If a company provides a free and open source software product and they are composed of a small number of employees, it can be easier for the community to trust, observe and hold that entity accountable for their changes and roadmap. There's a balance to strike, of course; extremely small teams may be more limited in what they can achieve. But I think that can be overcome by identifying the bottlenecks and spinning off smaller free and open source software enterprises to fill the gaps, fostering a positive feedback loop. To a certain extent this mirrors the Unix philosophy regarding command-line tools.