> If the deal is not done in secret, people'll complain about the draft terms before it is finalized.

You say this like it is something bad. That's the point of transparency.

It's like that old comic I just remembered, it depicts a guy in a ladder painting "Cofee" sign for a coffee shop and below him the owner is looking up at the typo and frowning and the painter said: "Jeez man, at least wait until it dries out!".