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by jakobegger 3253 days ago
some people who contribute to open source projects are really nice and considerate people, and some are dicks. When someone makes significant contributions, people tolerate a bit of dickish behavior and shrug it of as the behavior of a slightly eccentric genius. But for everyone else, people won’t put up with your shit. If you want people to accept your contributions, be nice, and don’t be a dick.
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> When someone makes significant contributions, people tolerate a bit of dickish behavior

Sometimes known as "vested contributor". This is a problem people need to be aware of. It's probably a bad idea to tolerate poor behaviour.

http://meatballwiki.org/wiki/VestedContributor

Or a 'high performer'.