And we (gwillen and anyone who agrees with his comment, myself included) are just a few hackers who are tired of having the rug pulled under their feet when $CORP inevitably comes with the big bucks and all claims made by the founders in the early days of the company mysteriously disappear from the homepage.
Talk is cheap.
https://github.com/inboxapp/inbox
But yeah, I totally understand the lousy feeling of being burned when $STARTUP gets acquired or shut down.
Wish I could say more to quell your concerns. We're just going to keep working on this every day to earn respect from developers. We don't take it lightly.
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Even if they were bought out the code would still be available and someone else could provide the service and continue development. Releasing the code seems like the best guarantee possible.