Comment by cik
7 years ago
Frequently I do the same - fork, fix, or change, and I'll rarely push it back. Mostly, I don't want to deal with the community, egos, or icons.
A couple of decades ago, it was really bad. I'd keep email addresses and pseudonyms separate for the various projects I was involved in, if only to contribute and not impact my life. To this day, when I push something, I release it as MIT for this reason. Anything I put out there is free for you to scratch your itch, the same way I scratched mine. There's no need to share it back, or file an issue - maintain your own. That way, there's no need to worry about goals or personalities clashing.
I relate to this and am same. I still feel guilt sometime because I release something and work on it for a couple weeks but then I'm usually done. Its likely full of issues but did what I wanted. Sometimes a community forms around it and there is a expectation of continued support from me but that is not my goal. Few people will actually take up this code from what i can tell or its forked and not released. Im generally ok with it but feels like there should be a better path for this stuff.