Dude... this (the openness and free software aspect) is precisely what has made this the community success story that it has become.

The challenge for the creative individual is to give away their most prized intellectual possessions. Funny thing is you get it back 10-fold.
I also hope they are not using any gpl code and not releasing it back. That is a HUGE no no.

I may be relatively new to crypto but I am an old school unix geek and agreed I wont use it and I would bet that it hinders the growth of the coins in question.