I'm pretty sure they'd prefer to keep the contract going and to extend it into the future. The problem is the DAO is not in a position to do that without selling tokens or pulling liquidity out of pools. As is, if we change nothing we can't honor all outstanding obligations. I wanted to work out a deal for the team to take these guys and mancer back on for DEC, but there were concerns with that, so this is what was settled on for the proposal.

In short, validator development doesn't stop and land development can continue as well. It's not a perfect solution, but it buys more time than running out of money in the next couple of months. Hopefully that clears it up.