Feel free to point out where I spread FUD.
By lobbing copyright issues into this you effectively pulled the pin on a grenade.
Do you have even the slightest notion of how complex an issue you're talking about? By even bringing it up in the manner you did there is an implied threat.
So there's your FUD.
I certainly was not polite, but I did not intend to be - because IMHO asking the community for 10 grand isn't polite either.
A community that has had effectively a free ride for 15 years. Asking for something back for 15 years of hard work is not impolite. Now whether he gets that or not is another question entirely. But that is up to the community or some other interested party. But asking in of itself is not.
You coming in here with a frankly disgusting attitude and yes, spreading FUD however, that's plenty impolite.
But this seems to be one of those he's-not-with-us-so-we're-allowed-to-burn-his-car-and-kill-his-cat moments, I guess I better take a break before people start insulting my mother or questioning the size of my manhood.
Because it's totally cool for you you engage in ad hominem attacks on others.
You got a point, make it. Insulting people, degrading their work and lobbing in legal hand grenades for the fun of it isn't just unhelpful it's downright unproductive.