Another thing:
See, that's something I can not agree with. Lying to get the public to come in and throw money at you, sure.
(...)
But stating they'll be open just not right now to drive adoption?
But that is NOT what they are stating.
They are stating (on their page & wiki) that they are OPEN SOURCE and DECENTRALIZED
*RIGHT NOW*, not in some distant future.
So when they get people to invest money and time to the ripple idea, that is an outright scam.