While it is bad way to put it, but GP comments does make a little sense. All I can think of government software is CRUD apps or research projects. The source of later is released on case by case basis(tor, selinux on one hand, exploits such as stuxnet on the other) and any ruling won't help much there.
But why shouldn't CRUD apps be open sourced? Is the assertion that they stand to reap no benefit because no one will contribute to them? I don't think I agree with this position. Nor do I feel that contributions are the only forseeable benefit of open source software.
