>As a member of SednaX, we have the opportunity to contribute and the opportunity to receive benefits but no where does it say it is a democracy where we "directly" control the process. I am a member of the DotNetNuke open source project and they never ask for my vote when they are making decisions about DNN features or its future. They take feedback from a number of sources and make decisions based on that.

Exactly. Members of open projects are more like 'contributors'. DotNetNuke is another good example of a successful open project.