Ripping and changing a little bit of code then calling it your own is stealing. Also, why wouldn't he be scared of competition, it effects his sales which is his income..
I can tell you have never programmed before.
What Dashboard posted was one small portion.
He's whining about competition, which is just pathetic.
SSF's file format is a HUGE part of the script. It's a script that makes scripts, and this is how it spits it out.
How do you think Adobe would react if GIMP started saving PSD files?
Just because you were the first to come up with the idea doesn't mean that nobody else can make their own version, of course the concepts would be similar.
Also you can open and save .psd files with gimp lol