I think this stands as a perfect example that I can use to educate friends and family on why having access to the source code for the programs that you use is i

I think this stands as a perfect example that I can use to educate friends and family on why having access to the source code for the programs that you use is important. When someone is proud of their work, they like to show it off, and this is true of programmers as well. If I make a neat program, and I'm really proud of the job I did writing it, I want to show that off by showing people the source code -- thus increasing my epenis/karma/reputation points etc. Conversely, if I presided over a software product that I knew had bugs and I needed to release said product regardless, I would have to keep the source code tucked away so that nobody could tell how bad said product is.