> People shouldn't be so harsh to independent authors.
The mantra of the critique culture is that you are not your ideas. Criticism of the idea does not imply criticism of the author – at least not in my world.
That's fine, but there's a difference between a critique and a flame. There are an awful lot of flames in this thread. Also, as Hegel says, anything that exists is reasonable, and an "unreasonable" reason for not releasing code is still a valid one.
In any case, my main reason for withholding things is the "guilt" factor I mention at the end of my previous comment.
The mantra of the critique culture is that you are not your ideas. Criticism of the idea does not imply criticism of the author – at least not in my world.