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Is it wrong to demand features in open-source projects?

I have been using open-source software, and, the open-source Community is great at maintaining such projects. But, I have observed something in smaller open-source projects. Whenever I demand some ...
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Encouraging a piece of software to be used ethically

Software is a double edged sword. Is there a way to add a clause to encourage ethical use or a licence that exists in this respect? My concerns are in terms of avoiding harm to someone.
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Why is Android frequently taunted as “evil” in the FOSS community?

I keep reading frequent statements to the effect that, in terms of FOSS, Android is “evil”. Most of these are rather unspecific and do not really elaborate (example here). Now I am wondering if there ...