Yeah there are some interesting similarities. However, the biggest difference is Google has the right to keep source proprietary, and companies like Unity are allowed to provide source code with a reference only license (still proprietary), but the US has FOIA to help push information into the open. Does a DB schema fall under FOIA scope? I think a better question is, can (or is) a db schema being used to conceal information? Is the law attempting to reinforce this barrier?

In other words, it should not be about the intent of the requester, but the intent of its owner; and in the case of that article, either by bias in narrative, or the fact that it rhymes with events of the past, there is some tomfoolery about.