Godric hadn't told anyone, nor had Rowena if she'd known; there might have been any number of wizards who'd figured it out and kept their mouths shut.
I'm still can't figure out what's dangerous about sharing that knowledge. My obviously unsatisfying guesses in no particular order:
*Making yet unreachable sour grapes of immortality more sweet.
*Harry's concern for self-awareness of patronus v2.0.
*Outlaws will be better protected from law enforcement.
*Increased chances of Azkaban break out.
*Disclosure of Harry's unique power.
*Extinction of dementors.
Wizards formerly able to cast the Patronus charm, once they realise that Dementors are not about fear but (much more scarily to them) death, are no longer able to avoid thinking about it in the way necessary to make the Patronus charm (v1.0) work. As knowledge of the true nature of Dementors spreads, ability to make Patronuses lapses near-universally. A key tool for keeping Dementors under control is lost. Dementors become much harder to handle, everyone in Azkaban escapes, many wizards are killed (or worse) by Dementors, and the only way to stop it is to get Harry to destroy them all, which is a bit much to ask of a 13-year-old or whatever exactly he is.
Update: This post has also been superseded - new comments belong in the latest thread.
The second thread has now also exceeded 500 comments, so after 42 chapters of MoR it's time for a new thread.
From the first thread: