Just my read on it, but I'd guess the goal is just to make it as inconvenient as possible for competitors.
Anybody who dismantles an engine can take whatever measurements they like, but how much of that information does Honda put in the public domain? Very little. How many people dismantle and measure their guns? Very few.
So then it's a matter of companies actually buying guns and intentionally ripping off each others' R&D...maybe there's just enough integrity in the industry that not publicizing a lot of the data is sufficient?
Just a guess.
Full disclosure: I'm the editor of Calibre Magazine, which is Canada's gun magazine. In the past I've done consulting work for different manufacturers and OEM suppliers, but not currently. M4C's disclosure policy doesn't seem to cover me but we do have advertisers, although I don't handle that side of things and in general I do not know who is paying us at any given time.
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