[cobbal]

If source code isn't public, it's a secret by the traditional definition of the word.

[snowwrestler]

> by the traditional definition of the word.

Sure, but in computer programming “secrets” is also industry jargon for small strings of characters that enable authentication, like passwords or private keys, which have much higher standard of secrecy than the rest of the codebase.

[falcor84]

A secret is something that you go out of your way to keep private. But there are a lot of other things that are private by default, but aren't really secrets, like "the brand of toilet paper I use".