That is the ideal but the above comment "...are up against ruthless politicians ..." applies. It's my observation that there are people involved who are : very

That is the ideal but the above comment "...are up against ruthless politicians ..." applies. It's my observation that there are people involved who are : very interested in promoting a point of view; only secondarily interested in Python. They have time and motivation to protect their bridgehead. Many others who look at what's going on and hold their nose have other things they would rather be doing ... like developing software.