> I'd rather have the project that works,

You didn't get my point. It might very well be that the only project that lets you actually freely boot a computer in 5 years will be this one, specifically because they did not let an AI touch it.

In that regard, it will be the only project, like you put it, "that works".

Like I said, I don't necessary subscribe to their view, but the diversity of opinion matters, it helps with minor things like, oh, survival.

What you are saying is utter nonsense. I really don't know where to start.

Why would AI matter? If you say legality, I really don't care that much about copyright law (I run a torrent box 24/7), and I would just git clone the repo and put it on tor. That is what people have been doing with plenty of projects that are more legally dubious.

Also, diversity of opinion doesn't necessarily help with survival either. I swear people just say things because other people have said it.