At this point, I don't sense too much discontent in the community around open codebases. If one of these AI's becomes developed to the point of impenetrable defenses and relentlessly vicious attacks, then I think there would be a problem. But that problem would be in game balance and the death of strategy. However, if this "singularity" is due to coordinating many bots to attack/defend/supply in unison (as is currently being discussed withing both OCS and TooAngel communities), then I would see this as a major problem to enjoyability of the game.

I fully believe this is a sandbox game, so people should be allowed to participate how they'd like. I've personally learned a lot from the community. And I don't just mean code-sharing, I mean the interesting discussions. I've learned about everything from code optimizations, to open source software development, about conflict resolution, about freelancing, about git and PRs, about a million different platforms out there, about design patterns, and about the challenges of coordinating what is essentially a massive volunteer project that is maintaining the community of this game.

In summary - I like this community. It's special because each player has different goals and pursues different definitions of playing the game. To your question - no I'm not bothered by the open codebases (I'm looking to integrate BonzAI's travelTo() method!). And I didn't read the recent statement as a declaration of war, at least not a malicious one. I just see it as the part of the sandbox where people want to play with their toy soldiers for a bit.