Still, there’s a lot to be said for taking the high road. If the attitude of the upstream devs is so toxic to drive you to create a fork, then why not different

Still, there’s a lot to be said for taking the high road. If the attitude of the upstream devs is so toxic to drive you to create a fork, then why not differentiate yourself by creating a toxicity-free community to the best of your abilities? You might even adopt forum rules similar to HN’s but with a focus on improving access to open source photographers’ tools (which is what this software is supposed to be in the first place).