Having worked for some startups of varying success... 1. Why? What's the benefit for them / their investors? 2. Would a competitor build on top of this and ma

Having worked for some startups of varying success... 1. Why? What's the benefit for them / their investors? 2. Would a competitor build on top of this and make a success? Why would I want to help them? 3. Does anyone care about this? Most startups aren't solving innovative problems. 4. Who owns the rights to the code? Some of it may not be their IP. 5. What's the liability? Has an API key been left in the code? Could a scammer use the assets to defraud old customers? 6. Perhaps we want to try again in a few years? Let's keep the code on ice. Don't get me wrong - I'd love to see more organisations do this. But there is very little advantage for them, and a considerable amount of risk. So it is not surprising that they don't.