I feel it was to reinforce that the USSR exists for Americans that still believe it. They don't care about the word "former", they just want a reason to hate what they perceive as communism despite them not being communist.
"Copyleft licenses do not only benefit the developers. They also guarantee freedoms to users of the software. They reduce the risk of exploitive business practices, like creating a modified version of Forgejo with less freedoms to the users, which could ultimately trap users in a vendor lock-in."
God, you absolutely love to see it. So called "permissive" licenses should be banned because of this.