[I_DRINK_KOOLAID]

The world is too big, indirect stuff never works.

If you want people's praises, then you have to manouver and set your affairs and behavior in a way that is optimized to get people's praises. You can't hope to receive them organically as a byproduct of your opensource software work.

They'll take the product/service and not acknowledge anything about your work.

This works even at the very extremes, say a dictator or a king. If he doesn't make it clear that he wants a parade and set the organization in motion, nobody will throw a surprise military parade for him