At this point, I have to ask if that's such a terrible thing? I mean, if they have to live under the constant threat of you pulling the plug on the project every time someone forgets to stroke your ego, then where is the value? At least James agreed to continue development on LaserBoy after he decided to leave. (He has uploaded new versions of LaserBoy to his site since he posted his farewell.)
Most developers *would* care if a user was willing to report a bug *and* give you specifics about how he found it. So what if he's only using a portion of the software's true power? Do you have a license agreement where you prohibit anyone from using it unless they use it as a free show player *and* an ILDA browser? What sort of lame excuse is this you're pushing on us now?
What do you want, a medal or something? People are generally thankful that you wrote the software. I was thankful. In fact, I was even willing to help you out *despite* our past differences, not once but twice! (Remember those mamba black test shows and frames?) Now one dude points out a problem, and rather than at least agree to look into it, you tell him that you're not interested in fixing it. OK, maybe White-Light's post could have been written a bit better, but he *did* give you valuable feedback, which you rejected.
You act like you can't be bothered to continue this work unless you are adored by the entire community. Well, as long as you have that chip on your shoulder (and your sarcastic attitude) you are *not* going to be adored by everyone.
Some people might kiss your pinky ring just to get a copy of your software (and then talk about you behind your back), but to be appreciated by the bulk of the community will require you to be less of a jerk - no matter how good (or bad) your software ends up being.
How can you be "pissed off" and not mad at the same time?
Sounds like a contradiction in terms to me. Personally, I think you *are* angry about it, which is why you feel the need to "punish" us by withholding your software.
But as I said before - a developer that threatens to withhold his software because he's having a bad day is of little use to the community. Personally, I'd rather take my chances with LaserBoy, or Zoof-o-scope, or the LFI Player, or Dean Hammon's LaserWave abstract generator, to name just a few. If you want to take your ball and go home (like you said you were doing last time), then that's your choice, but don't blame anyone here for it.
Adam
Originally Posted by carmangary
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