Sure. But it shows you where their priorities are. Rather than actually work on Diaspora, they're working on raising money for "a bunch of ideas" in exchange fo

Sure. But it shows you where their priorities are. Rather than actually work on Diaspora, they're working on raising money for "a bunch of ideas" in exchange for the promise of releasing Diaspora as aGPL software. On their blog they say "We think a project focused getting something out there should be priority #1." Their priority #1 was fundraising and talking to the press.