[hannasanarion]

That's not just a scummy breach of trust though, that's a blatantly illegal breach of trust. Source code is a trade secret. Copying it without permission is corporate espionage. People would go to jail if they tried. You are asserting that Microsoft's intentions are criminal.

[dorfsmay]

I'm 100% sure that this is not their intention... But can you guarantee that this is not going to happen in the future?

All it takes is one rogue employee, and it could have devastating irreversible effects on a small startup.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A9r%C3%B4me_Kerviel#Unaut...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enron

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Leeson#Downfall

[Marysville]

What's stopping a Github or Gitlab or Atlassian employee from going rogue? That's not an MS specific problem.

[wpietri]

Did you reply to the wrong comment? Because I don't think I am asserting anything like that.

Of course, Microsoft was famous for their dirty pool tactics in the past, so it's not irrational to worry that they'd return to them. E.g.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_litigation#Private