And it would be a shame and probably unethical to purposefully change the rules in the middle of it.
Agreed, I encourage the dev to let things go as they are.
I made that decision days ago. It's something that could have been counted on right from the launch of the ico, since it's in black and white in the coin specs. I just hadn't considered it. If I had, I might have pointed it out during the ico to generate more interest in the ico itself... since if you bought a coin during the ico, and held the whole time, it'd be 5x more valuable than a coin bought right now.