I certainly think he had the right to do what he did, and the people who were rude deserved to have the door bricked up, but the people who read the notices he put up before hand about how he was holding open the door and it was a good way into the house might feel he is sort of a jerk.
If you're interested in the project you can still access the source code.
Hell, the author asked for volunteers to pick up where he left off.
Yet, you're only complaining that he is no longer working for you and complying with your personal whims.
That's the problem. A guy volunteers himself and donates his expertise and work to give you a gift, and in return some moochers just want to mooch off of him and, worse, attack him for not complying with their whims.
>> the author even asked for volunteers
citation needed
This obviously means also that he has not given me a gift.
Finally I am not sure what reasoning has led you to assume that if he gave me a gift moochers would want to mooch off of him, and how they would do so by virtue of him giving me a gift. Whatever reasoning it was, I'm forced to think there must have been little of it.
That's what he is doing: simply walking away.
But he doesn't owe you anything, and that'exactly what you are getting.
It's astonishing how some people feel entitled to other people's life work. It's like you believe others owe you everything just because you like their work.