[Paridel]

Mozilla isn't free. It's community supported. If you downloaded it, that means you

What is wrong with just wanting to download a piece of software and have it work? Why should using a piece of software, free or otherwise, obligate you to submit a bug report to the developers?

Please don't tell me you are obligated to because it's a community project. Because it may very well be the case that the existance of the community project may mean that a commercial alternative was never developed.

It may be a nice thing to do to contribute back to the community but why are you obligated? I never read that in the GPL.

-paridel

[Knitebane]

Please don't tell me you are obligated to because it's a community project.

And neither is anyone (especially the developers) obligated to care about your problems if you've taken their work and returned nothing.

Community supported software works because the community contributes back money, fixes and bug reports. If you won't be a part of the solution, no one cares that you have a problem.

It's up to you, whether you contribute and work with the developers. No one is going to make you. No one is going to tell you that you can't use the software.

But no one is obligated to help you either.

I never read that in the GPL.

The GPL is a minimum set of legal requirements that basically says:

If you use this code as a basis for your own project, any changes you make MUST be returned. If you just want to use it, you don't HAVE to do anything.

It also states that the code is without any warranty. If it breaks you get to keep both pieces.

So all the complaining is for nothing.

Now, if you want support, if you want something more than what the developers have already given you for free, that's a different issue, a different negotiation.

You want something? Give something.