> If we were required to "stand under the arch", as it were, how many of us would have pushed back against things that our employers asked us to do? We can't a

> If we were required to "stand under the arch", as it were, how many of us would have pushed back against things that our employers asked us to do? We can't achieve this consistently with privately owned software. Software must be public and transparent to have consistent accountability. In the case of Grindr, for example, I assume we don't know exactly who wrote the original code. And the company would probably protect that information. I believe those who contribute to open source software can and do subscribe to the author's desired level of accountability specifically because they know everything they write is available for public scrutiny for eternity.