anyone and everyone should have equal power, equal chance and equal freedom to make their wn implementation.
They do have but nobody takes them seriously. Plus if you want 1000000 different versions of bitcoin, go ahead, but dont cry when nobody invests in your altcoin.
There is a reason why bitcoin is 10 billion $, and not 10 cents. If you break the unity, you break the market cap, and many people would not like that.
Anything else preventing from HF, still?
Wait a few more months to see how the ETC fiasco settles down, it's too early to celebrate yet...