The NixOS Foundation has recognized the issues and is making structural changes 
https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nixos-foundation-board-giving-power-to-the-community/44552/1 #NixOS #Governance
NixOS Discourse · NixOS Foundation board: Giving power to the communityThe community is more important than the product. — Pieter Hintjens Dear contributors to the Nix ecosystem, dear users, We recognize that the Nix community keeps growing and changing, and its governance has not been adapting accordingly. While the foundation board was never intended to lead the community, we cannot deny that it is perceived to be in that role by many, and we therefore take full accountability. We acknowledge there’s been a series of recent crises in our community, which are...
This is a turning point!
I am so glad that we can resolve these issues together.
The future of Nix just got a whole lot brighter!