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

Posted by msmash on 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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  1. Reading is fundamental by tippen · · Score: 4, Insightful

    MIT Media Lab Defaults To Free and Open Source Software

    That's not what the article says at all. They've removed the extra approval required to open source projects. They are open sourcing everything by default. It's up to the project whether they release it as proprietary or open source.