There has been a big bust up between Phill and Toecutter, don't want to go into it here, mainly because I don't know all of the facts and have been a contributor to both forums, but suffice to say, Phill's response was to close the Forum.
If you look on Satdudez and Toecutters there are a couple of threads about the situation, so people can make up their own minds.
The only thing I would say about the situation, is that we have enough problems with changing encryption methods, pressure from the internet web hosts and the authorities, without fighting amongst ourselves. I'm aware that we here are not the biggest forum and that there are political issues in other forums, but I would like to think that long term we can all get on.
Rolf