A fine article. > There is no need to abuse the maintainer, repeatedly post the bug, harass them over twitter. All this results in is people wanting to not con

A fine article. > There is no need to abuse the maintainer, repeatedly post the bug, harass them over twitter. All this results in is people wanting to not contribute their time and expertise for free. > [...] > Always remember you are talking to a real human being, and just because their ideas of how to implement a project are not in line with your own does not mean you have any right to abuse them. I do not believe there is ever anything that gives one person the right to abuse another. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_software_forks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_software_forks An excellent list! The once dominant Apache httpd is a fork. Never knew it. Postgres is a fork! Never knew it. Microsoft SQL Server is a fork! OpenSSH is a fork. The list goes on. I am sure that Wikipedia page, like many I have seen on code/tech, is under-maintained. I bet the reality of forking is much more extensive. Finally, the title of the article makes me laugh. I knew it was gonna be good before I started.