I am the original author. Thank you for writing this. I wish I had known this six years ago. I am coming to the end of my first post doc and I wish I had just done the minimum work to get it published. I could have then used the extra free time to work on finishing other manuscripts. I am especially feeling this pinch now as apply for jobs.

I also strongly agree with your other point about just making it open source and if anyone needs it they can get download it and ask you questions.