Say what you will about TechCrunch, but this article has a less inflammatory tone than the AllThingsDigital article by far.
And only one typo in the title, which, if you curve it with other TechCrunch writers is still A+.
Say what you want about AllThingsDigital but I find it ridiculous that a TechCrunch post offering a summary of the situation is linked to and commented on to when it doesn't offer any further detail or incite that cannot already be gleaned from the existing post and thread about the matter.
That has far less to do with TC being principled than it does TC being on good terms with YC.
What's happening with the codebase for TipJoy?
So he'll get salary instead of equity, for now (I suppose). Good for him. I read his thread the other day and was really impressed. No doubt he'll achieve success, just down a different road that he imagined.