I do agree with Oblox on this,  Darkcoin is an open source project, there are many people contributing all the time and reporting their findings. Many of these reports were deeper in reach, like the change and the fees issues that were resolved and made Darksend way stronger. Having more eyes on the code is always good, but it should be kept on the context of Darkcoin. Darkcoin has 4 core developers and a quality assurance person now I am sure they will welcome any reports.

There are many reasons why Darkcoin is a great investment that not necessarily can be extrapolated like community, brand recognition, first mover advantage, network effect, etc. I think a new developer would be better served joining the Darkcoin community and helping to take DRK from 2USD to 50USD than starting a clone from scratch. The new developers could take a position in DRK, that would meet their personal financial goals and join the team.  Obviously everybody is free to do what they want but that is just what I would do in that position.