_You_ may not have, but plenty of us have. Although, it's not as important when or how many times one has _needed_ to exercise one's freedoms, as it is to have them. But yes, plenty of us open-source users and supporters have exercised this very freedom. In fact, quite a lot of open-source contributions happen _because_ of this freedom: someone has an itch, they scratch it, and _then_ they upstream it.
https://github.com/timescale/timescaledb/blob/master/CONTRIB...
The problem isn't that changes can be upstreamed. The problem is that that is a necessary pre-condition before I can even use them.
In addition, what I say in my comment[0] beside yours remains valid.
2. I have to hope upstream accepts my change at all.
3. I have to give up the rights to my change if upstream accepts it at all.
High risk of vendor lock-in, and no right-to-repair.
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> However, the issue is that companies are not able to ...
That's fine. I'm not asking any company to do something. I stating my reasons why I can't use what the company is offering. It sounds like what the company wants is to not license the code, but to sign a contract with me for a service. Would you sign a contract you don't like?