I think "I Regret the world has come to this" is a better translation.

But ultimately he is making a good point. IMO FOSS is the ultimate socialism - literally anyone who downloads Linux is a part owner of a trillion dollar construct - we all own it. We can fork it any time - and the reason we keep to one is purely a social decision to use that fork not that one.

And if we all own FOSS like we all own the seas or a forest we need to find means to look after it.

God Knows how. And she ain't telling.