Comment by mikemcquaid

> You could have just said this

Yup, you're right, I should have. We will adjust the CONTRIBUTING.md accordingly.

> If this was true every oss project would either be dead or be entirely comprised of dicks, neither of which are the case.

I didn't say every OSS project, I said projects like Homebrew. I know that Homebrew would be dead without many of my personal interventions. You can believe me or not but, unless you're a Homebrew maintainer, it's unlikely your opinion about what happens behind the scenes is informed.