4 hours ago
(7 hours ago)kaft Wrote: But they need to understand...
No, they really don't! They don't need to do anything. The developers working on this are volunteers. Giving their time, skills and experience freely. Equally, they are free to walk away the moment the work is no longer rewarding for them. They are not your employees. They have not sold you a product. They have given you a product freely and for free, and which you are free to use or not as you wish.
If you'd like to be able to demand certain features be added or bugs be fixed, then hire a developer to work on the project and pay them. You will then have some claim to tell that developer, and ONLY that developer what to do.
If you don't think that's fair then it's you that should walk away. Otherwise be part of the team. Make good bug reports, create issues on the github for things that need attention. Provide help here to users less experienced than you, in a friendly and collaborative manner. In short be part of the solution rather than part of the problem.