On the one hand, I would really like it if people didn't pirate the current neopwn, for obvious reasons (having the source is much better, namely for the injection driver), and we're more likely to get it if the current beta isn't flying around pirated. I would also not like to screw with the guy who made neopwn - not because of any fear of reprisal, but because for all that we might disagree with him, he's still a person who obviously cares about the project in his own, sorta-Steve-Jobsian way. He has feelings too. So I'd rather given him the chance to open source stuff on his own time, instead of trying to bring a legal hammer on him. But at the same time, if months - a year passes and there's no word on a release...

Speaking of which, now that UBoot (and back when bootmenu/multiboot came out), doesn't that solve his main problem of having a user-friendly, safe way of installing the thing? Is there any real roadblocks, or is it just about the money for the costs incurred commissioning the making of the driver now?