"people working on their free time do work on whatever they fancy (regardless on what they should do, or what is usefull for other people)"
followed by"But you can try to convince them to fancy working on the same thing"
Setting goals for others is in the same category. Talking is cheap. Show me your code. ;P
Not sure on the direct attack either, he was "freely expressing his thoughts of the proposal" This is clearly not wrong, neither OT. Although I really find Smoku's communication skills abysmal
...your reaction also seemed out of the line for me.