And gmaxwell has NEVER endorsed Monero...
Though he has praised the BCN team and their CN tech...
And has specifically, publically condemned the Monero group as a bunch of thieves...
The exact discussion is out there... we will have to revisit it on a regular basis.
I doubt gmaxwell feels one way or the other -- he just thought the ring signature technique for obfuscating inputs was neat.
Anyway, I'm not here to turf the BCN thread and I'm thankful for their codebase, I just wish they would coordinate with us a bit better so we can both work on improving our respective projects.