They decide what gets included in the default distribution, they set the goals and provider sponsorships for achieving them.
So yes, board of directors is probably more fitting.
And then of course you have the people with a commit bit. They can essentially work on whatever they like, but inclusion into the main branch is still up to the core team.
There was a huge debate some years ago when Netgate sponsored development/porting of WireGuard to FreeBSD, and the code was of a poor quality, and was ultimately removed from FreeBSD 13.
They decide what gets included in the default distribution, they set the goals and provider sponsorships for achieving them.
So yes, board of directors is probably more fitting.
And then of course you have the people with a commit bit. They can essentially work on whatever they like, but inclusion into the main branch is still up to the core team.
There was a huge debate some years ago when Netgate sponsored development/porting of WireGuard to FreeBSD, and the code was of a poor quality, and was ultimately removed from FreeBSD 13.