On: When 'open core' projects reject contributions for...

[soamv]

> Just accept the grief and venting

Maintainers do not owe you this, in addition to maintaining the software that you can use for free. You're entitled to be upset, and they're just as entitled to say "please go somewhere else to vent, we're busy".

[lakomen → soamv]

If they don't want to provide the best possible product and not accept outside contributions, they should not provide a free and open source repository.

[growse → lakomen]

"If you run an open source project, I'm entitled to have my contribution accepted"

_This_ is the sense of entitlement that people (rightly) disparage.