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MIT Media Lab Defaults To Free and Open Source Software (networkworld.com)

Posted by msmash on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @05:20AM from the embracing-the-power-of-FOSS dept.

Reader alphadogg cites a report on NetworkWorld: MIT Media Lab, that 30-year-old tech innovation factory that has had a huge hand in churning out everything from LEGO MindStorms to the Guitar Hero video game, has now wowed the open source and free software crowd. Lab Director Joi Ito over the weekend revealed that MIT Media Lab has changed its approach to software releases to FLOSS (free/libre/open-source software) by default.

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Re:What the fuck?! Freedom isn't "granted"! by religionofpeas · 2016-03-30 07:06 · Score: 3, Informative

Sure, but if you're going to go around braying about just how "free" it is, you should also understand that to some people, GPL is somewhat less than "free". Because it's a restrictive kind of "free".
Of course I understand. That was the whole point of the GPL. It gives you certain rights, but not the freedom to take the same rights away from others. Sounds like a fair trade to me, but there are plenty of other licenses to choose from if you don't like it.