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I have heard from people that military strength (including force projection) and intelligence gathering benefits a nation. Releasing the code (and thus methods

I have heard from people that military strength (including force projection) and intelligence gathering benefits a nation. Releasing the code (and thus methods) related to that strength would decrease some of those benefits. I am not trying to comment on the validity of using military and intelligence gathering as tools in national benefit. I do, however, consider the US federal expenditures on military and intelligence gathering as a partial proxy for others' thoughts.

alexanderstears 9y ago
Obviously there's tension between releasing code and protecting security interests. Maybe it'd be better to say that public money should produce public code by default and we'd put the onus on agencies and elected officials to exempt projects from the requirement. Should the VA publish their record keeping software? Seems sensible. Should we publish the microcontroller code for ICBM guidance systems? I think the status quo of classifying that information is working out well enough.