If that's really the case, I wish they would just come out and say it and spare the rest of us the burden of trying to debate such a decision on its technical m

If that's really the case, I wish they would just come out and say it and spare the rest of us the burden of trying to debate such a decision on its technical merits. (Of course, I am aware that they owe me nothing here.) Assuming this theory is true then, what other GPLv3-licensed "core" software in the distro could be next on their list?