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You are implying that maintainer is a service job and not them simply putting their work into the world for people to use. With foss if YOU dont like the maintainer YOU fork and continue.
They own nothing to anyone. They didnt have to make their code available and doing so is no contract.
Its not that community isnt important but "require" "owe" and even "should" arent applicable to freely given work like this.
The fuck are you taking about? Yes a maintainer is a service job. Their role is to be a good steward of the project they maintain. Accepting good submissions, coordinating QA, cutting releases.
If they do a bad job, then they’re liable to be criticized which is what I actually said and I won’t dignify your strawman with a response.
And FYI, a license is a contract.
when people say "job" they don't typically mean unpaid gigs. and an open source license is a contract for what you're allowed to do with their code, not what they're required to provide you (other than the code itself). it explicitly does not include liability, service guarantees, or warranties.
A maintainer position is a professional position — unpaid or otherwise. It isn't a "gig."
And I can't run my computer with "good intentions."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1vTGN52MCc
professional as in "profession" as in "for pay". if it's unpaid it's quite literally not a "professional position", it is a volunteer position. and they can't pay their rent off your, what, unsolicited criticism bordering on harassment?