They may say that if they publish the code, other countries will copy it for free.

Let them! Drivers are virtually useless without the associated hardware, and if you're making the hardware, you know how to write a driver for it.

	▲	rekrsiv a day ago \| parent [-]
		At the end of the day, rationales like this are moot when the final deciding factor will be an envelope full of cash to some politicians.