Linux model prone to burnout?

Posted Sep 15, 2025 21:03 UTC (Mon) by neilbrown (subscriber, #359)
In reply to: Linux model prone to burnout? by taladar
Parent article: Creating a healthy kernel subsystem community

> it seems to me that the Linux model with the hierarchy of individuals

We are more and more a hierarchy of teams..

> of individuals responsible for ...

I think it is important to note that those individuals (or teams) take on that responsibility themselves, they don't have it imposed upon them by others. So they are free to relinquish it when it becomes a burden, either for a time or permanently.
I think it would be interesting to explore the dynamics of why they don't or when they do.