Ant, you do have to state that your using ogre in your product as well, and provide a link to the source, like www.ogre3d.org. There's a thread about this very subject on the ogre forums, Otherwise your perfectly legal.
As far as fewer replies go. Thats why you shouldn't release stuff prematurely if you want extensive feedback. Much better to be close to final and then release something when it's almost done. You only really get one chance, we will have to wait a couple of months to get another go at some constructive criticism me thinks.
Thats another reason hype is typicaly destructive, when you hype something prematurely and release something that doesn't live up to expectations, people lose interest real fast and chances are, many won't bother later.
As far as fewer replies go. Thats why you shouldn't release stuff prematurely if you want extensive feedback. Much better to be close to final and then release something when it's almost done. You only really get one chance, we will have to wait a couple of months to get another go at some constructive criticism me thinks.
Thats another reason hype is typicaly destructive, when you hype something prematurely and release something that doesn't live up to expectations, people lose interest real fast and chances are, many won't bother later.