It's not. The Ethereum foundation will continue to merge EIPs like this that benefit them and their cronies.
The whole ETH/ETC fork was because they messed up the DAO contract, which set a precedent for "code is law, except when it doesn't suit us".
The whole ETH/ETC fork was because they messed up the DAO contract, which set a precedent for "code is law, except when it doesn't suit us".
The ETC fork happened very early and affected some large percentage of available tokens - I think 15% or so.