𝗗𝗼 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀?
No, free software licenses do not typically require developers or maintainers to accept contributions from users. Projects may choose to review, accept, or reject contributions from users based on their own criteria.
However, most #FOSS licenses grant the right to #fork the project: users and developers often organize to do so when they feel their contributions were unfairly rejected.