I ran into this Medium post that asks: Why is this code open-sourced? Let's flip the question. The premise of the post is interesting, given that the author asks that the default mode for code is that it should be open-source. I find myself in the strange position of being a strong open source adherent that very strongly disagrees on pretty much every point in this article. Please sit tight. This may take a while. This article really annoyed me.
Just to clear the fields, I have been working on open-source software for the past 15 years. The flagship product that we make is open-source and available on GitHub and we practice a very open development process. I was also very active in a number of high-profile open-source projects for many years and had quite a few open-source projects that I had built and released on my own. I feel that I'm quite qualified to talk from experience on this subject.
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