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Because of the value that the platform offers the world.

Which anyone can clone as easy as

git clone github:ethereum/geth

Having your own private platform with smart contracts and everything. Not congested with cryptokitties and etherdelta.

Yup. Then you'll have a clone of the real deal.

Your idea got me thinking. Maybe we could clone other open source software. Do you think we could get away with it?

Great idea, if you can convince other people to run instances of your cloned ethereum...