No, I think it's silly to waste your and other people's time speculating on something (especially when that speculation seems to be turning into a downward spiral of negative assumptions) when the answer is but an email away.

What really bothers me is the tendency in this community to fall back on speculation (which often heads in a distinctly negative direction) even when concrete information is readily available.

Before you spend pages of posts in speculation, consider asking the devs first.

The Tracker mailing list is here, and there are lots of possible contacts on the MAFW project page.