Petition to open-source everyblock codebase & content

I do realize that the parts Everyblock codebase were released some time ago prior to the MSNBC acquisition:

https://code.google.com/p/ebcode/

But the last update was June 2009, nearly three years ago.

It would also be a shame for the user content to be lost forever. Some of us poured tens or hundreds of hours of our lives into community discussions. It should be a part of the public record.