this is being worked on. right now the latest proposal is donations to get funds quickly and not have to rely on governance, but I think most agree that these concerns should be separated. There is a thread here: Discussion: Yearn Finance Security
Its not being “given away for free” any more than it was the last week.
Because the distribution of governance of a distributed system is imperative to it being successful. I know I don’t have hard fact to back this up, but just look at @irrelevant 's post above to see how outsiders will view the project if we are not diligent about distribution of YFI more broadly than it currently is. That is how most people will view yEarn.