> ... chosen a specific path for their business based on both practicality and risk reduction

The risk reduction didn't go so well now that Elon is putting up lawyers to force them to become more "open".

This organization thrives in the dark and they know their secret to success depends on it. Would save every one a lot of time if they came out as a proper non-profit and dropped "open" in the name/branding.

> If they had gone another way, today they’d be an unceremonious branch of Elon’s empire

They substituted this dream with Microsoft.