Unclaimed doesn't mean unowned. You are basically suggesting that Burnin/Zefir steal chips and give them to someone else.
I don't want to steal anything from anyone, but if these guys changed their minds, dropped out of the game and/or bitcoin completely or just are not interested in topic anymore, there is no reason to shut the chips (which will be useless in some months anyways) away for the next couple of years, because they maybe could come back one day and state their claim. The same about refunds, nobody knows if these adresses are still in use.
If someone shows up later and can prove his claim, there will be a way to handle this. Either by zefir, SebastianJu, burnin or others.
If they remain unclaimed and gather dust in a corner, so be it. They aren't yours, so it isn't for you to decide their fate.
Donate your own miner to him, or gather a group of people to donate a miner to him.
I would donate one device to a developer, who deserve it. Why not. But not for somebody who is replying to you to "fuck off" when you ask for something, like
kano.
Of course he will say "fuck off". Is someone say that Kano only want to free hardware and nothing else... I would also say "fuck off" to everyone who uses MY software i developed free of charge.
You cannot deny that:
1) CGMiner is currently one of the best by support, easy of use, supporting very different hardware, have much settings to control hardware
2) Kano is working for free
3) The only "payment" Kano gets - is free hardware and donations from community
4) With hardware in hand supporting it will be
4.1) Faster
4.2) Easier
4.3) Can test different settings
4.4) It can be tuned to be more stable
4.5) Kano does not need to "call","send message" of everything else if he want to do some tests with unit.
Also its in developers interest that new hardware is supported by mining software.
I think that its normal policy from software developer and in this situation i would support Kano.
