is there a reason why you want to build another one and not improve the current one? stop on by.. it is every ones space.. we actively encourage other groups to come try and take us over =].
something to note.. vhs is not only GPL we have been taking about rewording this for a while. Anything developed by VHS as a vhs group project is CC/GPL/BSD/etc. That being said members are free to show up and work on their proprietary projects. Also, open/group projects do get priority when it comes to shared tools.
p.s. there is alot of awesome aside from the junkies in the dtes. ;]