you realize a lot of these guys aren't devs, right? You would need only a very rudimentary understanding of the code to find/replace a couple variables, and rename a few things here and there.

Devs put together a discussion, maybe test the coin publicly and open it to discussion, see where things COULD go wrong so you don't NEED to fork down the road, and then PLAN a PUBLIC launch of the coin, ahead of time, to a specific time, so people who want to mine it can get ready, and know ahead of time.