>* Transparency about what the software does >* The ability to do audits for backdoors, bugs, and malware >* The right to fork the code if one's interests or

>* Transparency about what the software does >* The ability to do audits for backdoors, bugs, and malware >* The right to fork the code if one's interests or judgments diverge sharply from the upstream developers' over the long run >* Avoiding the risk of abandonware if the upstream developer goes out of business or decides to stop developing the software This is the boat that we're in. Our libraries, transports, and server code are open-sourced to provide more transparency and make it an easier decision to build on or migrate to us. As much as I'd love more community involvement- we just aren't there yet and I hope that we aren't faced with similar criticism in the future.