What we don't want to allow is for someone to create STEEM2, STEEM_CLASSIC, or some other alternative fork along those lines that basically bypasses the current chain and its stakeholders to create a new chain/coin.
Speak for yourself. We the bloggers actually benefit from Steem2, Steem_Classic, if these technologies have significantly different features. And we are the source of all wealth on Steemit because the blockchain only have the wealth of human capital in the form of the people, the community. Why restrict the community in this way?
Evolution requires an ability to work. Even a government which would say no forks would be scary because it would leave no alternative for people who disagree.
Forks are allowed within the current chain under the proposed license change. The community has the ability to implement any changes they want, so long as they have support from the majority of witnesses, elected by the stakeholders.
following you've made the point nicely and it's time I get done with this thread :D