I see it mostly as a summary of the "common wisdom"; it has been a mantra for years that you should "just put it on github", but now that Mircosoft has reminded

I see it mostly as a summary of the "common wisdom"; it has been a mantra for years that you should "just put it on github", but now that Mircosoft has reminded us all of how cynical the world truly is, suddenly the scientists that paid attention before are to blame?