It seemed to me that Diaspora is trying to hold the code and project together, and the open source community isn't exactly the best for holding code together. W

It seemed to me that Diaspora is trying to hold the code and project together, and the open source community isn't exactly the best for holding code together. We have forks all over the place. I've got a fork, you've got a fork; we all have forks and no spoons. AGPL was written to address this exact issue. If it does not accomplish it (as is the case the original article is arguing for) then it's a problem with the license and not the Diaspora project.