Satoshi directly contributed to two digital currencies, Bitcoin and Namecoin.
He did not "contribute" to Namecoin in any way. Stop trying to rewrite history.
Anybody can read the BitDNS threads and decide.
That is not Namecoin, it's BitDNS, which wasn't even his idea. He just chimed in a few suggestions on how a BitDNS would work -- this was before the creation of Namecoin, which again, he had nothing to do with.
Bitcoin was an example of how a 'pseudo commodity', could be created in a fair way if a person trusts the underlying cryptography.
But aside from that, bitcoin does absolutely nothing.
Namecoin has vastly important uses,
The market disagrees with this take by a near infinite ratio.
and that is probably why Satoshi contributed to BitDNS.
He didn't even "contribute" to BitDNS, because BitDNS never existed. It was just an idea.
Anybody can decide for themselves on those various questions.
On a separate issue, suppose I belong to a group which wants to make its own private internet / intranet and economy.
Is there an easy way for us to do that, or do we need to hire a coder to create a clone or fork of Namecoin?