Some things, like ZFSOnLinux are already shared publicly. The repository is now the OpenZFS repository and it has made many people's lives better. I know it has

Some things, like ZFSOnLinux are already shared publicly. The repository is now the OpenZFS repository and it has made many people's lives better. I know it has made my life easier. The open source development model benefited LLNL, which got a much better code base than they would have developed on their own. :) There are other things already shared publicly like NASA IKOS: https://github.com/NASA-SW-VnV/ikos https://github.com/NASA-SW-VnV/ikos That one gets far less attention from third parties than it should. If it could be developed into a general purpose sound static analyzer that handles multithreading, it would help to improve many other projects.