Not allowing anyone to help out in terms of code or whatsoever, while keeping people (read: community) at a far distance.
That may be a misperception. georgem and I had a difference in opinion over nomenclature and he was quite explicit that his perspective entertained multiple contributors:
http://spreadcointalk.org/index.php?topic=408.msg3068#msg3068We will see which dev pushes spreadcoin forward the most, and that guy will get to decide the name.
A segregated approach is a natural outcome of such a perspective and shouldn't necessarily be considered as deliberately exclusionary, merely competitive.
Cheers
Graham