From a software engineering point of view, isn't reusing components considered a Good Thing? It seems logical to fork instead of reinventing a whole bunch of f

From a software engineering point of view, isn't reusing components considered a Good Thing? It seems logical to fork instead of reinventing a whole bunch of functionality (this assumes you are adding new functionality of your own, not just rebranding which is pretty sleazy). Anyway, it _is_ under an open license so... what did the Author expect?