I agree, the work comes from desire to create but I think the public github repo and the promises you give to the potential users comes from the desire to recei

I agree, the work comes from desire to create but I think the public github repo and the promises you give to the potential users comes from the desire to receive praise and cred for your work. From the users perspective, the joy and the pain is the same as with the paid product. If you promised them something and underdeliver, they feel scammed.