>"6-months embargo paralyzes progress." As long as they put the code on github or a blog or whatever then who really cares? Do people really get that much out

>"6-months embargo paralyzes progress." As long as they put the code on github or a blog or whatever then who really cares? Do people really get that much out of these academic style papers in this field? They are more like a press release. Or are you saying this embargo also actively prevents them from sharing stuff beyond the document, like the code?