No, they're vastly friendlier, by and large -- as demonstrated by the project maintainer of text being nice acceding to your demands despite having precisely zero legal obligation to do so, and despite you being an utter jackass about it.

I, on the other hand, am seriously considering taking Metaphone3.java and reimplenting it in several languages, then making those publicly available.

if you have any questions or comments about the code or algorithm, my email address can be found on my company website