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Re:“I'm basically giving myself a permanent vacation from be... by mgkimsal on Thursday July 12, 2018 @06:28PM (#17519147)
> because everyone can fix it

Nope, not everyone can. And not everyone using it can fix it. And certainly not everyone can fix something to the standards that maintainers might demand.

> Therefore if an open source project maintainer is giving you their time and patience then you better be extra polite and grateful to them.

If I'm bothering to try to help them with their project, they owe as much 'politeness' and 'gratitude' back to me as is expected of them. It's a (minimum) 2 way street.

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Re:“I'm basically giving myself a permanent vacation from be... by dragandj on Thursday July 12, 2018 @06:41PM (#17519223)
They might (morally) owe you this if they used your contributions. Otherwise, they owe you a (voluntary) politeness and gratitude that any human owes to any other human, but nothing more.
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