Is it time to consider ourselves abandoned and do what we want, what do you think?
If so, we have some options.
1. Start a new coin, not necessarily using NODE code, any of known free software. Make the ICO using btc and nodecoins, where node holders may have some advantages. For example, set 1 node = 0.000005 btc. Can we burn nodecoins sending them to some address? If so, we can make such swap.
In that case we need a leader, a person who will organize everything. He may not be a programmer, just have responsibility. Can we hire a programmer paying him with nodes? He will know that if he do well he will have a very good stake. If we fail to make a good product with working team and good roadmap people will get their btc back and we will loose our nodes. If we do something good, we will be rich. That's fair, isn't it?
2. Try to find a programmer who will take over NODE itself. We have some old code, if I'm not mistaken. I think this is much more difficult and I don't know the legal part of the question: do we have the right? TheRealSilk sold something to someone.