I've just realised something. Many people, in arguments about Kevin's strict interpretation of what the game should be about, say "well, it's really Kevin's game, you should be grateful he lets you work on it." But... It's not Kevin's game, because other devs have worked on it. He didn't write all the code that makes up CDDA. They did. That code, and thus most of the game, is theirs. Sure, they might have signed it over to him or public domain or something - I'm not sure how attribution works in the CDDA project - but ultimately, those contributions aren't his. The only thing he owns is the code as it was given to him by Whales (and he certainly didn't write that either) and any code he himself wrote. Make no mistake: Kevin has control over the GitHub account, but this sure as hell isn't his game.
You do realise, you've just described open-source?
The github repository is his game, anybody can fork it and make their own game, theyd own that one. He can do what he likes with his repository.
Contributors dont own the game collectively, or own their contributions, the license is CC-BY-SA.
Instead of the constant nasty and insulting childish comments about Kevins "offences" , him having the sheer temerity! to make and curate the game he wants to make, how about people fork and make their own.
God forbid somebody makes the game they want to make, they then get people insulting them for years because they arent making the game the vocal hecklers want them to make.
Considering the fact that the game is more popular than ever, and has more contributions from devs than ever before, id say hes doing something right, and it says a lot about the attitude of certain people, that ill be accused of being a "yes-man" and "sucking up" to him, for defending him, its happened before, as if its impossible for an adult to be able to work with another adult on good terms, because they broadly agree and enjoy the games direction, not everything has to be some holy crusade against this nebulous authority figure.
And if you are thinking "I shouldnt have to fork the game" then what you are basically saying is that you assume that Kevin should make the game that *YOU* want him to make, for free, that is definition of entitlement, what about all the people who do like realism simulation? do they matter? how about people accept that their subjective likes and dislikes are just that, subjective, there are a thousand ways to enjoy a game.
For example : in this thread, I personally, was called a "dense fuck" for nerfing the Joint-Torsion Ratchet, even though it fits the theme of the game that Kevin is making for that CBM to be more realistic, its internally consistent.
This is not all aimed at you, specifically, but prompted by this kinda attitude I see in this thread continuously from the usual suspects.