Don't like it? Fork it. That's your recourse. Want something fixed? Do it yourself, or pay someone to do it for you. Publish your fix, and maybe it'll get merge

Don't like it? Fork it. That's your recourse. Want something fixed? Do it yourself, or pay someone to do it for you. Publish your fix, and maybe it'll get merged into mainline. Or maybe people will decide your fork is better, and use it instead. Or maybe you'll be left with your own personal branch. In any case, you now have the software you need, because you made the software what you need. The cool thing about Free (as in Freedom) software is that you have that right, unlike in proprietary land. Proprietary software (like Google's) can just die completely. Proprietary software can stay broken forever, because the only people who can fix it don't want to. With Free software, anyone can fix it. More importantly, YOU can fix it.