Ask HN: Open Sourcing GWT/APP engine based daily deals startup code

Hi Hackers, We worked on a daily deals startup in 2011 which was catering to the Indian market. Unfortunately we did not take over the world and decided to dedicate our time and resources elsewhere.

Now I am thinking of open sourcing the code as it can serve someone out there as a good resource for building a bigger application in GWT.

What is the best way to do this and are there any tools which you will recommend which I can use to cleanup and search for any information which i might not want to release in the wild (hard coded pwds etc?)

Also, even though it was failed startup does it lend any credibility to the resumes of the founders :). The interns moved on to land gigs at FB and I am pretty sure the experience helped them but what is the hacker communities take on how to sell this experience.

I apologize if this sounds an odd question but thoughts are appreciated.