They define "public funding source" later as a list of specific funding organizations like OpenCollective. But that definition feels odd, and like much of this feels like it might be AI generated.

What makes you so confident in the results of that website?

why though? number of maintainers is a function of how much work is needed now rather than how important the project is ? I would imagine sudo isn't getting that much commits/changes now. What would 10 maintainers do on sudo ?

This is an editorial style that's been around a lot longer than I've been alive. Your causality may be a bit backwards.

I am Gen-Z who works on the Linux kernel and who still values hardcore stuff. We need more support from the Gen-X and the Millennials. I try my best to hack on things, write and contribute patches to enables features that would otherwise only exist in proprietary software. I feel like the veterans are not supporting us enough. I get a lot of hate and push back just for trying. In my opinion, a society cannot thrive without elders providing support for the young. But the general atmosphere feels completely the opposite these days.