Mr Spread answered concerns by himself. So georgem should't be able to? Peopls' memories are very short in crypto...
It's all about the quick buck. Remember that Bitcoin's dev disappeared and the community didn't' exactly have a direct plan of action.
I don't really recall that, and I was there at the time. But anyway, i think Satoshi had delivered on everything he said he was going to do before he disappeared and had someone in place to take over from him.