Focusing on code was not a mistake. It was a necessary preliminary step. It's easy to say in hindsight, but that openness was not at all seen as a viable optio

Focusing on code was not a mistake. It was a necessary preliminary step. It's easy to say in hindsight, but that openness was not at all seen as a viable option for a lot of people in the industry back in the day. Now that this has been solved (mostly), it is now necessary to take back control on the data. Thus, this article.