--- title: On community in Nix | daily.dev description: Eelco Dolstra, creator of Nix and co-founder of Determinate Systems, addresses recent community controversy around Nix project governance, sponsorship disputes... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/on-community-in-nix-zsivhnkgn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: On community in Nix | daily.dev og:description: Eelco Dolstra, creator of Nix and co-founder of Determinate Systems, addresses recent community controversy around Nix project governance, sponsorship disputes... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/on-community-in-nix-zsivhnkgn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ZSIvHNkGN.png og:image:alt: On community in Nix og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # On community in Nix **[Determinate Systems](https://daily.dev/sources/determinate-systems)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Eelco Dolstra, creator of Nix and co-founder of Determinate Systems, addresses recent community controversy around Nix project governance, sponsorship disputes at NixCon, and allegations of conflicts of interest. He clarifies his limited formal roles in Nixpkgs, the RFC Steering Committee, and the NixOS Foundation, reaffirms that no company should be excluded from contributing to or sponsoring Nix, and denies accusations of excluding marginalized groups. He invites community members to join Determinate Systems' Discord and reaffirms his commitment to an inclusive Nix ecosystem. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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