> People choose platforms because of their functionality, not because of their code licensing status Licensing status is part of "functionality". If 3rd parti

> People choose platforms because of their functionality, not because of their code licensing status Licensing status is part of "functionality". If 3rd parties cannot deploy their own instance and federate/mirror contents the whole community is in lock-in. Closed source walled gardens are not eternal. The change policies, start charging money or shut down. This endlessly fragments the user community. This bad functionality.