Well, because there's no escrow regulated by law that would force them
to do so. Essentially, this means that they are not legally obligated to
do anything such as that. Besides, they could "open source" only half of
it, and no one would ever know unless it's too late (and that they
officially abandon it and no longer respond to questions regarding it).

This is also one of the various criticisms, and suggestions, made
against the Swedish Pirate Party (Swedish: /Piratpartiet/) platform, see
[[https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/pirate-party.html]]. However, I don't
know if the Swedish Pirate Party is aware of this criticism, or even of
other Pirate Parties are aware of this article, but I hope they do
eventually not only read the article, but also accept/incorporate the
suggestions, for the own good of free/libre software movement, if these
Pirate Parties' platforms ever come true.

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