It's fine to say "OSS developers don't owe anybody anything" in general, but Debian specifically has quite a strict vetting procedure before accepting people as

It's fine to say "OSS developers don't owe anybody anything" in general, but Debian specifically has quite a strict vetting procedure before accepting people as developers and they agree to things like the Debian Social Contract[1] which includes: "Debian believes the makers of a free software operating system should provide guarantees when a user entrusts them with control of a computer. [...] Not hiding problems with the software or organization. [...] Staying focused on the users and the software that started the phenomenon." and a document of Developer Duties[2]. Seems like there should be few things the developers cannot do openly, but can do secretly if 'empowered', and there perhaps ought to be a public record and transparency around any incidence or accusations of vote-bullying or vote-buying. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian_Social_Contract https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian_Social_Contract [2] https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/developer-duties.html https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/deve...