I'd have said it's more a willingness to work together as a community to create something for the community. Anyone's welcome to join the community, but if they choose not to, then they're not going to feel the full benefits.

There's no ladder being pulled up here; people are still free to come join the community if they want to be part of it, but it's not fair or reasonable to expect the community to bend over backwards to satisfy people that aren't prepared to be a part of it. Diving straight in with:is hardly the attitude of someone who wishes to be a contributing part of this community, or who is prepared to acknowledge that 'step one' happened quite a long time ago, and it, and the steps that followed it, have resulted in the creation of an entire OS that he's been freely given, as a gift.

There are loads of ways to join up and help out - writing code is obvious, but writing documentation, testing and filing bugs, and things like the Maemo Greeters effort are all valuable contributions. Calling the community's culture 'elitist BS' and demanding it change - not so much.

Edit: typo