I disagree, actually. There are no expectations of anyone that releases their code under most licenses. You get to use it as is, and if you want to change it,

I disagree, actually. There are no expectations of anyone that releases their code under most licenses. You get to use it as is, and if you want to change it, you submit a patch. Totally up to them if they want to take it or not. If the current maintainer isn't doing what you, or "the community" wants, you fork and make the changes you want to see, and maybe eventually work with a group of people. Maintainers are under absolutely zero obligation to the people who choose to use the code, unless they've specified as such in the license or some other contract. It's the only thing that lets FOSS software be a thing in the first place.