Why not make your protocol open source so the world can benefit, integrate and improve upon it? If the current open standards suck, there is no reason we can't

Why not make your protocol open source so the world can benefit, integrate and improve upon it? If the current open standards suck, there is no reason we can't create new, better open standards. But, I've never used Slack nor would use it as I'm biased towards it's prop nature, especially when it's used (and even promoted) within open source communities.