> The law is imposed upon you whether you want it or not. With the kernel you're free to take it or leave it. Its not always as black and white. There are time

> The law is imposed upon you whether you want it or not. With the kernel you're free to take it or leave it. Its not always as black and white. There are times when you are forced to use the kernel, maybe a default on your shared hosting that cannot be changed or a restriction put by your team's Administrator for security. Forking is not the effective answer either, its just not practical, its too complex to maintain and upkeep with the new changes. Like you said, in practice nobody does this. Had this not been the case, we would have seen less whining about PHP's problems and more forks to fix it.