Comment by BeetleB

>It comes across as elitist to keep code fixes in your own private repository to 'punish' those you don't agree with.

Throughout my life I seem to have endless arguments about this. Many people seem to have a binary view of the world (positive/negative), and many others (like me) tend to have more of a ternary view (positive/neutral/negative).

No one is punishing anyone. Not helping is neutral. It is not a punishment.

If I dislike what you do and decide to withdraw support I had been providing, I am not punishing you. I am merely disengaging with you. My position is the same as that of someone who never helped you and continues not to help you.

And of course, as another person has pointed out. When someone gives you something with the explicit permission that you do not have to give back, it is petty to complain when they don't give back.