&gt; My point was to challenge open source cheerleaders to actually give a reason beyond their own gain for why a company should do this. Instead, we have blithe dismissals and narrowly constructed hypotheticals built on optimistic assumptions.<p>I&#x27;m sorry, but what? Your whole initial argument is a narrow hypothetical &quot;they will see our secrets&quot; with no theory of what those secrets might actually be - what exactly do you expect in return? I gave you an answer based on your formula, and a follow-up comment afterward. Can you expand what about my answer was built on optimistic assumptions, in a way that your initial theory was not?<p>There are no private APIs nor secret data structures in software that you&#x27;ve distributed to users. It can all be decompiled and sniffed. &quot;Oh but the competitors will see my code&quot; is basically FUD. How many times has YC told us it&#x27;s all about the execution, not the technology?