This is all eerily familiar. I never experienced a conflict like that, but i have experienced the pressure of other people's wants on what was own project made for my own fun.<p>> This experience also highlights that ownership can be problematic in open-source. When a project is open-sourced, can it no longer be said that it still belongs to its creator?<p>Once it's open, it's no longer yours. If you want to keep it your own, never open it.<p>Opening projects you care about only leads to pain and suffering for you.