Release the code, yes, actively help FC, no.
What about other copycats?
Haven't read the next 4 pages yet, so I could be completely out of date here:
I have no problem with someone taking the NXT source code and building something useful on top of it/modifying it/memeing it/whatever.
I do have a big problem with someone who is prepared to blatantly copy an entire project, stealing the entire thing and changing only one letter in the name, in order to satisfy a personal vendetta.
If u ( beloved C-f-B) do get involved with nex in any way, u could find yourself in a lose/lose situation:
nex succeeds: FC takes all the credit and the cash, the potential crypto-freak market for NXT is reduced, slowing growth and diluting NXT's market share.
or
nex fails: u get the blame because of your evil sabotage of FCs project.
U gotta make yr own decisions, but I wouldn't touch this with a very long stick.....
I think it's pretty fickle of CfB to get involved with NEX. Strange actually. Is NXT not the winner here? Or, is there something behind NEX we don't know about?