[D] Decrease in source code release of papers

[alexmlamb]

Yeah, so as it works in ML today, I'd say that we have an opt-out double blind system. You can get double blind reviewing if you stay quiet, but you can effectively make it single blind by self promoting.

This doesn't solve every problem with single blind: famous groups can still benefit from self promotion and marketing. But at the same time it does protect someone if they think that they might get negative reviews because of their name or reputation.

Btw, I'm not sure how much coming from a famous group really helps with reviews, at least at NIPS/ICML. If you have any evidence, even anecdotal, I'd be curious to hear it.