wintermute, The phpBB Teams should and do respect the users, we know the users is why phpBB has become the most popular Open Source Bulletin Software in the World. Like any organisation, there are difficulties, people get upset over issues, take phpBB3 as a prime example. There are many users who are angry that it took the teams so long to develop the software, and that it is still not released.
Or you have people that don’t like the way it is developed, or ask stupid questions about the project, but no matter what, in all situations, the Team Members should respect the users, certainly nobody likes being slapped in the face as nobody asks a stupid question on purpose. But by the same token, users should likewise respect the Team Members and Developers who make phpBB what it is. Team Members, even former ones, don’t like being slapped in the face either.
However, it’s been two years since psoTFX was here, let us not carry grudges, lets leave the past in the past and move ahead, we have a project nearing completion, lets show it our full support.
/me looks at Avatar... OH! an Image Swapping Terrorist has been here!!
Just kidding! 
Whether you are paying or not paying should make no difference to whether or not you should show an ex team member a degree of respect for what he did instead of making unprovoked character attacks on him.
