Though, systemd is under LGPL v2.1+ according to Wikipedia [2] and their GitHub repository [3].

Thus, it should be possible to fork systemd under LGPL v2.1 + and take the project in a different way, IMHO, a way which would listen more to its users.

But, as we have seen in the past, Debian's community has been strong enough to present a fork: Devuan [4].

Why don't we see a similar effort towards a systemd fork, given that the <wildcard>nix (even BSD?) community should be larger than the Debian's one (which is included in the <wildcard>nix community by definition.)

Is there a technical reason? Or a political reason? A social reason?

I would like to understand more about this, because it feels like to me that "open source" [5] is somewhat broken (and of course, as a developer who could lend a help, I am at fault.)

What could I do as an individual developer who could not possibly maintain an entire fork of systemd alone (with or without appropriate knowledge)?

[1] : https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/28/black_hat_pwnie_awards/

[2] : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemd

[3] : https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/master/LICENSE.LGPL2.1

[4] : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devuan

[5] : (F)OSS, Free software, call it like you prefer. I refer to a more eerie magic of the "open source" (e.g. RethinkDB, Python, and so on.)