You scrubbed the entire meaning from the sentencing by removing the context. They are saying that despite the conflict of values, principles of free software mean that the network is free to use their code provided they comply with the license. The previous paragraph makes clear the reasons why, and improvements to upstream software is a key one.
> We pride ourselves on providing software that allows anyone to run their own social media platform independent of big tech, but the condition upon which we release our work for free in the first place is the idea that, as we give to the platform operators, so do the platform operators give back to us by providing their improvements for us and everyone to see. But that doesn’t only benefit us as the developers – it benefits the people that use these platforms as it gives them insight into the functionality of the platforms that manage their data and gives them the ability to walk away and start their own.
it is clear that they are not interested in coopting them