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It already works that way on X11.

Linux is already set up to handle this better than Windows actually since most apps are open source and abusive window management is likely to result in PRs.



Someone has to actually accept and merge them.


Not necessarily. The fork could get packaged instead if the users prefer it.


As history has proven multiple times, most forks fail, after those that made them in first place lose interest keeping up with upstream, while others appreciate the fork as long as they aren't the ones actually doing the work.


You're right, but it's not unusual for distro maintainers to carry patches for one or two removing an obnoxious behaviors for a long time.




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