That's what foundations do: Siphon off money, live on the fruits of labor of idealists, and occasionally throw people under the bus to create fear and stay in power.
The hackers shouldn't have allowed the bureaucrats in.
The X.org foundation board is made up of hackers.
Finally a good argument for switching to Wayland!
You wouldn't catch RMS advocating free software on twitter...
It's sad that it needs to come to this, but it is what it is.