This is the way.

I would argue that the same things were probably true in western capitalist countries at the time (I have no evidence)

But… But :x is superior because it doesn’t overwrite unchanged files with a new modified date :(

Nextcloud is a FOSS fork of OwnCloud. Both projects are great in their own way, hugely successful and serve a lot of people very well. They just moved in different directions.

This is just one example of many. Ability to fork is super important to ensure that projects stay open source, like in this example.