That kind of attitude's all too prevalent, I'm afraid. If you're not complying with the wording of the GPL - under which gnuite has given you permission to copy his code - you're guilty of copyright infringement.

If you're only interested in making it work properly, don't release it: then you've no obligations under the GPL. If you release it, you've got obligations in exchange for getting the headstart of gnuite's code.

Sorting it out "one of these days" isn't enough, because your unclear code could be copied and pasted into another project before you sort out the licencing on your project. Thus causing problems for both gnuite and the third project.

If a relatively close knit community can't get these things right, is it any wonder there're all the companies ripping off GPL software because they think it's free?