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According to this article, the biggest threat to an open source project's goals is elitism.
By default, Elitism is exclusionary and ignores shared responsibility in the decision making process for a given project or organization. Elitism promotes social stratification and division and gives those few decision makers a sense of privileged special status. The risks inherent in working for an organization or for a project which is controlled by Elitism is that morale will suffer as team members discover their input on decisions doesn't matter.