In my opinion, they are fellow developers being bullied by a larger embodiment and having their work stripped from them. Even if this was someone I loathe (Damien) I'd be outraged, as while he may be the bastard child of my proverbial programming family (this encompasses all programmers to some extent), you'd still help him in a fight against the schoolyard bully if you had the opportunity.
This is their work, good or bad, they rightly deserve to attend to it if it be their will.
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