It's for publicity + out of desperation. They have treated developers (like myself) badly over the years, many are moving away. So they've released some throw

It's for publicity + out of desperation. They have treated developers (like myself) badly over the years, many are moving away. So they've released some throw-away products as open-source, on different project collaboration site to their own. While other larger members of the industry have had their core products open source for years.