Bitcoin is free software and any developer can contribute to the project.
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...I once tried this "Open Source" approach with firefox and code related to google but they would not take the offending
code out.
My code for Bitcoin Core is only one line long so do you think they will put it in to the project for me
public static money MaxFee=1.5
// Miners that do not like it are free to leave because we have ten timed more than we need Well, just because a project is "Open Source" does not mean that it is obligated to accept any input. The input should follow the original goal of the community.
Also, with an open source project, one should be able to fork a new project if the input is rejected.