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"I don't want my distribution to have to patch and fight with the maintainer, and I want a maintainer that will fix bugs and add features that I (and many others) need."
And given your mentioning of open-source software you probably want it free. And be able to give orders what to do and not to do to the creator?
Well if that does not sound like your average commercially maintained software. Maybe you should try their offers and be relieved of the stress opensource software imposes on you.
Let us take Microsoft:
- [x] Fixes bugs.
- [x] Adds features that you and others need. Well, based on their market study, they do. And if you pay them enough they will probably implement your stuff.
- [x] Most likely will not complain, only take more money.
Or you could take a different cd-burning utility out of the multitude of offers. Hm. Wait, all the others are less good? What a pity!
And what makes you so sure Mr. Schilling does not have access to qualified lawyers to counsel him on this matter? Maybe he could be right with his opinion on the GPL after all?