Rick, you got it pretty much right on.
The real dealbreaker came with the publicity. I was working every angle I could to get press for this project. I worked to promote the project and Duane was prominently mentioned in all press releases.
This is the press release that was sent to all journalists:
http://9teuflottille.de/files/download/files/sh2-mod/pm103install_de.txt
Three magazine articles, at least four newspaper articles, 27 websites, Tech TV, and one German TV program chronicled the effort and most mentioned Doutel by name. One magazine, however, did not print his name, just details about the project and where it could be found.
It was Bill Trotter's PC Gamer article that disturbed Duane beyond belief.
http://www.subsim.com/ssr/pcgamer_pmarticle.html
Doutel began trying to coax Trotter into writing a follow up, that eventually turned into a stalking and aggresive harassment by e-mail. I learned there was a problem when Trotter called me on the phone to tell me to get Duane to back off. How bad was the harrassment? It was bad, unprofessional, and kind of scary.
So bad, that Trotter eventually did write a follow up:
Trotter got some of his details wrong too. As you saw, the press releases I sent him did mention Duane. And I did not actually say "Don't go out of your way to accomodate". I said, "If you cannot publish a follow-up or correction, it is ok, because Duane was credited in two other articles", and I said this
after the article was published and Duane was barraging Trotter with demands to write another article. I was very happy that Trotter and PC Gamer mentioned the project at all, I wasn't about to rake them over the coals for not mentioning the programmer individually. I thought it was a bit too much of Duane to expect PC Gamer to write another article. You cannot tell game magazines what to do. Once it's printed there not much anyone can do about it.
Anyway, Duane had his side of the story and he posted it front and center on his personal website: Neal robbed him of his credit. Yeah, like I would do that.
Thankfully, it's all over. And I do not have anything against Duane, even though we do not communicate. I wish him the best.