How are hundreds of Linux distros maintained if anyone could download them for free?

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I have started using Linux recently and have been enjoying the open-source nature of it. I was browsing a website called [distrowatch.com](http://distrowatch.com) that has hundreds of Linux distros. All of them are free to use (ubuntu, debian, Kali, Quebes, Tails, etc.) How are they maintained if it doesn’t cost anything to download and install them?

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Volunteers maintain the packages, donations fund servers for compiling open source software and hosting the website.

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