"This is a real threat to open source, and one that has the potential to revert open source back into a hobbyist- and hackers-only activity." What I'm getting

"This is a real threat to open source, and one that has the potential to revert open source back into a hobbyist- and hackers-only activity." What I'm getting from this is that Red Hat has a mythos that they are saving the Linux ecosystem from the days when Linux was just a hacker's OS. But this mythology is used to galvanize the rank and file Red Hatter into doing what management decides is the best direction for the Linux ecosystem.