no, but you still get the DRM free version of it. he says he is going to hand out as many as he can
but how can he launch a game knowing the people who bought the game will not get it
You do get it. You get a DRM free copy here.Steam literally just changed their policies on keys 5 days ago, he had no way of knowing they'd do that.
Yeah, Steam have been refusing to approve keys for devs to give out for other store purchases a lot lately. It might be out of his control.