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In "things that are true, but he shouldn't say it": for any given FOSS project, users who don't pay or contribute are technically a cost, so kicking out those who annoy you is a form of savings. Catering to non-contributing users is a form of volunteering, an act of charity on behalf of the developer.

As such, I'm not surprised a lot of projects kick or block people liberally, at the slightest whiff of annoyance. I think people treat too many FOSS projects as if they were companies which stand to lose something significant if their PR suffers even a minor hit.

In the end, "fork it if you don't like it" and similar sentiments are not an insult, they're a challenge. Some accepted this challenge and were even successful! If you're unhappy with a project, try making a hostile fork and see how far you get - I mean it.