Kipper was certainly important in recent months because he got the orders and manufactured the boards manual in spare time. Because of high interest (and more orders to come) this "business model" was not possible anymore. If I understand correctly the boards will be assembled professionally, then only someone has to test and send them (and collect the money). It is regrettable that now someone is personally hurt but kipper did not start the project and even if he leaves the project will not end. As far as I know he was only the man for collecting orders and production, development was and is done by majsta and core is developed by a team around gunnar. So all rumors that the project is dead now are wrong in my view.