This is open source software with access to the source code. Why not just submit a patch on your own? Just bill the customer with "nuclear weapons" for time spe

This is open source software with access to the source code. Why not just submit a patch on your own? Just bill the customer with "nuclear weapons" for time spent contributing to OSS. Contractor gets paid. Client gets working software. OSS community gets a patch. Is it incompetence? Is it laziness? Is it bad management? Is it all of the above? Personally, I would love to get paid to work on OSS on behalf of X company. Much better than re-inventing the wheel, plus with the added benefit of learning something new.