[infodroid]

> The main difference is things tend to happen out in the open...

I don't think this is just due to a difference in the degree of openness in dealing with personal issues.

It's also the fact that project maintainers can use the project to advance their personal agenda, while a company cannot do that to the same extent.

For example, imagine if a company terminated a business partnership based only on the suspicion of sexual discrimination at the partner firm.

I think most people would find this premature or inappropriate, especially if the partner firm was not found guilty in a court, or if it did not admit any wrongdoing, and there isn't a history of such allegations at the firm.