Bingo. I think the public conversation would have gone much differently if the board had laid out how Altman's behavior was essentially making OpenAI LLC ungove

Bingo. I think the public conversation would have gone much differently if the board had laid out how Altman's behavior was essentially making OpenAI LLC ungovernable per OpenAI-the-nonprofit's charter. Presumably that public understanding was leading much of the thoughts around employees signing the open letter demanding reinstatement of Altman. I'd guess the board relied on some generally-bad legal advice from their attorneys about how they could get personally sued for libel for airing dirty laundry etc. Not having huge financial stakes, and seemingly having been picked for being conservative rather than risk takers, they followed this to their detriment. Staying quiet let Altman build a following and lead the whole situation, something Altman is seemingly fantastic at doing. So ultimately what was a pivotal moment in governance of following the nonprofit charter, played quite poorly, ended up being a coup by Altman to escape that one layer of "boxing". Which given how poorly we've done so far at "aligning" centralized capitalism to the needs of most individuals (of which this seems to be a subproblem) wasn't terribly surprising!