I might try it as an experiment...see what happens.
As I read through the site I noticed the same line you did...which means SETI and this are not mutually exclusive. I run the cl version of SETI on all my machines...its alot faster and I like other screen savers better.
So...I was thinking of setting one machine on its own little network to shield the rest of my machines from it...and then let it go...see if they pay (and track what they do via logs ;)
Maybe I'll do a running commentary.