--- title: The entitlement towards open source... description: A commentary on the entitlement some users display toward open source creators and maintainers. The post argues that free and open source software is a gift... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-entitlement-towards-open-source-creators-mainaitiners-is-just-so-bad-exhibit-a-free-and-open-s-uff5egoic twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The entitlement towards open source creators+mainaitiners is just so bad. Exhibit A Free and open source software is a gift. Someone put in their own time and effort to create something useful for others. If it’s not enough for you: fork it and make it your own. https://t.co/lQiAan49Zt | daily.dev og:description: A commentary on the entitlement some users display toward open source creators and maintainers. The post argues that free and open source software is a gift... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-entitlement-towards-open-source-creators-mainaitiners-is-just-so-bad-exhibit-a-free-and-open-s-uff5egoic og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/UFF5EGOIC.png og:image:alt: The entitlement towards open source creators+mainaitiners is just so bad. Exhibit A Free and open source software is a gift. Someone put in their own time and effort to create something useful for others. If it’s not enough for you: fork it and make it your own. https://t.co/lQiAan49Zt og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- [Gergely Orosz](https://daily.dev/sources/gergelyorosz) [Read on](https://api.daily.dev/r/UFF5EGOIC) Feb 22 • From x.com  Gergely Orosz @gergelyorosz The entitlement towards open source creators+mainaitiners is just so bad. Exhibit A Free and open source software is a gift. Someone put in their own time and effort to create something useful for others. 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