Releasing Open Source Tools to the Community
Brief
Every now and then, I get contacted by someone who tells me that they used the open source tools I've released in either a college course they took, or in a course provided by one of the many training vendors in the industry.
I even once responded to an incident for a large energy sector organization, and while I was orienting myself to the incident, I looked over one of their analyst's shoulders and recognized the output of the tool they were using... it was one of mine.
What I've seen pretty consistently throughout my time in the industry is that once tools are known, people begin downloading them, and including them in their distros/toolsets, and some even add them to training courses (colleges, LE, the federal gov't, private sector, etc.)