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Re:Why we never thank open source maintainers by _pmf_ on Thursday November 23, 2017 @11:59AM (#15766309)
> Why do some users feel so entitled?

As a user, I have no longer a way of knowing whether an "open source" project's main developers are doing stuff in their free time or on company time. So, I don't see anything wrong with asking for features. Asking for features is how software evelves, whether closed source or open source. If you have a problem with it, put a disclaimer "unmaintained" in the README.md (because not wanting to tirage requests amounts to not maintaining the software).

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Re:Why we never thank open source maintainers by forkerenok on Thursday November 23, 2017 @12:37PM (#15766591)
I think the GP meant that some users feel so entitled that they are not even trying to ask nicely. The attitude.

He didn't discard the notion of non-paying users asking for features at all.

Edit: typo

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Re:Why we never thank open source maintainers by agibsonccc on Friday November 24, 2017 @12:38AM (#15769624)
I largely agree here. I usually get annoyed when people start demanding things though. There are a surprising amount of people that do this. That is where burn out comes from .
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