If you want to have an entirely separate argument about what Core do with their code, you're more than welcome to. They are free to publish whatever code they wish and no one is in a position to stop them. They are also free to accept or deny code contributions from any individual and no one is in a position to stop them. In fact, I'm pretty sure we agree on that part.
But the argument you originally made is that Bitcoin is not a free and open market. This is disproven by the simple fact that there are competing Bitcoin protocols right now. Anyone is free to release their own implementation of the Bitcoin client with any modifications they so choose. If the market decides overwhelmingly that the modified code is superior, that's the code Bitcoin then adopts. It's beautiful. I wouldn't change it for the world.
Carefully worded, but not a true description of what's really happening.
Describing the fork clients as "competing" protocols implies there might be room for whichever protocol loses the competition. You know as well as I that there is no 2nd and 3rd place if you fork the Bitcoin network to a different protocol, so it's a zero sum game. This is
not equivalent to a free market competition, as there is only one bed to sleep in. It's equivalent to a majority led compulsory purchase order "not your house any more, get out". Your argument is wrong, it does not observe the free market or property rights.
If you were really interested in an actual free market, you'd be arguing for a scenario that actually conforms to free market dynamics. Stealing someone else's project doesn't count.
carlton wants dictatorship so that only the dictator agrees to their own rules in a circle jerk and then changes things without consent.
carlton never thinks about real consensus and a community compromise, you know real consensus. where it is not one or the other but general agreement of the rules by the majority.carlton has lost the libertarian mindset (though im starting to think he never had it).. each day he digs a hole a little deeper and cant back up his points.
even the copyright and patent arguments he tried suggesting failed him.
cant wait for his next bait and switch argument to dig himself a little deeper
carlton you love the capitalist, corporate control of a money system. so go play with fiat. you will be happier living a 100% fiat lifestyle