It seems odd that they would remove all of the binaries as well. Want to commit a readonly version? Fine. But what about now, when less technical folks might want to install TrueCrypt on a new computer?

The point is, now another entity will need to establish validity as being a trusted provider; there was no reason to rock the boat per se, and as someone who laughs at most things, it just... really isn't altogether funny, unfortunately.

edit: assuming that it turned out to be a joke, for the sake of discussion (though is there a difference at this point?)