yeah, i think that they just probably thought that distributed document management was too far from their core targets, even if it potentially monetizes the protocol development to date by providing a toolkit for contractors to deliver this to businesses that need document management (or indeed clubs or charities that host and deliver public domain material)

the git stuff is probably directly adjacent, and they understood that, but ... well... i guess if you guys get a good toolchain together you'll most likely find customers directly and start to reap the rewards

i figure on the same strategy, i do the shitcoin social media paid gig, and keep chipping away at this instant messaging stuff and related tech it needs, and when i get it working, i already have someone to approach and say "xmpp is bad, mkay" and say "here's what we can use instead" and show them a fully working post-MVP native/web chat interface and they pay me to integrate it 😁