The core point is not to credit GitLab with having such a EE to CE pipeline trend or plan. EE *might* eventually get to CE, but it will be only because of systemic shifts in business model and other things. They are *possible*. But it's similar to pushing GitHub to free more of their tech. It's simply NOT a situation where you can describe GitLab as this free-software company that *has* such fully-free aims as is. They aren't there now. They're just *mostly* free.