One of the big reasons to open source is that you can get others to fix bugs and add features, progressing the project quicker and putting it into more use than

One of the big reasons to open source is that you can get others to fix bugs and add features, progressing the project quicker and putting it into more use than it would have been closed source. People that use the software without contributing are more of a side effect, the more widely used the project the more users, the more smaller amount of contributors. So I can see why there is this attitude when those getting a free ride on the software also want it developed to their needs for free. Especially when the feature is very specific and isn't something any of the contributors to the project need. As an aside: I hate it when people say they can't program out of hand without actually really giving it a go, we all started somewhere.