Synology is not going to intentionally destroy or ransom your data, just because they deem you guilty of software piracy. Even bad boys Micro$haft don't get up to this sh*t, they just cut off your updates. The negative PR would be too great, and they'd be opening themselves up to lawsuits. If you disagree, name one corporation who's done this!
There is no parallel with anonymity on github IMHO, because the source is open to scrutiny. Also, github is policed in a way mega.nz is not. They won't tolerate malicious code on their servers without taking action, at least not unless it's clearly labelled as such (perhaps for research purposes).
I am not attacking this Jun guy, (or girl?) I'm simply questioning their motives, which I don't currently understand. One motive is money. Another is helping people. Unless I understand the reason for withholding the source (which doesn't appear to have been given), it's surely natural to question things? Most of my projects are open-source and always have been:
https://github.com/bifferos
The only exception was Biffboot (previously closed-source, now open-source), because I used it to make money. My motives are (or should be) transparent. The projects are just there to help people, and also a nice way of keeping a (free) store of stuff I've worked on, so what have I got to hide? There is no hidden agenda here. Jun, on the other hand doesn't seem to be selling anything, and so that removes that reason for staying closed-source. I don't think they can monetize this in the future either. So I'm left to wonder.
This is understandable, and perfectly OK. They are worried about future legal action. I don't think protecting your anonymity online has anything to do with releasing closed-source software. If you want to help people you hand over as much info as you can.... about the problem! I don't need a list of home addresses to use some software, so it's not important. I can read the source, and it's good enough to trust community feedback if anything is amiss. This is how almost the entire internet works on open-source and is (relatively) safe.
Understood!