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doc: Shorten explanation of "maintainers"

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@ -10,10 +10,9 @@ First, in terms of structure, there is no particular concept of "Bitcoin Core
developers" in the sense of privileged people. Open source often naturally
revolves around a meritocracy where contributors earn trust from the developer
community over time. Nevertheless, some hierarchy is necessary for practical
purposes. As such, there are repository "maintainers" who are responsible for
merging pull requests, as well as a "lead maintainer" who is responsible for the
[release cycle](/doc/release-process.md) as well as overall merging, moderation
and appointment of maintainers.
purposes. As such, there are repository maintainers who are responsible for
merging pull requests, the [release cycle](/doc/release-process.md), and
moderation.
Getting Started
---------------
@ -293,7 +292,7 @@ projects such as libsecp256k1), and is not to be confused with overall Bitcoin
Network Protocol consensus changes.
Whether a pull request is merged into Bitcoin Core rests with the project merge
maintainers and ultimately the project lead.
maintainers.
Maintainers will take into consideration if a patch is in line with the general
principles of the project; meets the minimum standards for inclusion; and will