AnonymouSX Is the first person that I have seen alter Openbox files to some degree. He has released a couple of Openbox firmware fixes that has the clone kill removed and a few other cosmetic changes. This person definitely has some tools to work with that are not available to many other people.
Now he is saying that he will be developing Openbox firmware in the future. Here is one of his posts:

8th-February-2012, 14:48 EST

Quote Originally Posted by AnonymouSX View Post
Hi everyone i've a good news since yesterday i'm the official developer of Openbox STB mean i've a full controle on what is done on the stb you are welcome to ask me what you want to see inside futur openbox release on http://www.stbhd.com the official branded forum of openbox stb. i will not forget the clone now all clone will be supported S9 S10 S11 S12 .

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EB