>Serious Question: Do you think that all software should have to be completely and constantly open-sourced? Do you think that all blueprints must be made public? Do you think that all recipes for food must be made public?
Of course! Maybe that's because in the sciences this is a normal thing in order to get published at all. If you present findings with a black box reviewers will want to pry in. And what do you know, the sky doesn't fall with all of this sharing of knowledge. People who put time into their findings are still considered experts and are rewarded. In fact its probably a lot easier to point to your accomplishments when things are actually public and you can talk freely about them, versus layered behind NDAs and whatever else other threats designed to keep you from talking about the work you do to other people who might do something generally useful with that information.
Of course! Maybe that's because in the sciences this is a normal thing in order to get published at all. If you present findings with a black box reviewers will want to pry in. And what do you know, the sky doesn't fall with all of this sharing of knowledge. People who put time into their findings are still considered experts and are rewarded. In fact its probably a lot easier to point to your accomplishments when things are actually public and you can talk freely about them, versus layered behind NDAs and whatever else other threats designed to keep you from talking about the work you do to other people who might do something generally useful with that information.