That's interesting, and 5% demurrage is actually a lot less bad than 14% inflation (just seen the correct figure for Bitcoin inflation, holy cow!) . . . but somehow losing 5% through demurrage is a tougher sell than losing 14% through inflation. And 5% is still way too high.
Also
>during the initial money creation period (approximately 3 years), 80% of the generated Freicoins are to be distributed by the Freicoin Foundation via donations and only 20% are awarded to miners.
Facepalm.
Good luck to them in trying to start a cryptocurrency without appealing to early adopter's greed.