Re: MIT Media Lab Changes Software Default to FLOSS

2016-03-27 Thread Joshua Judson Rosen
On 03/27/2016 10:08 AM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) wrote: > "Previously, software releases using free and open source licenses > were approved by an internal committee. But since we’ve always > allowed our developers to open-source their work, we’re eliminating > the unnecessary hurdle: from now on

Re: Govt Source Code Policy

2016-03-27 Thread Matt Minuti
On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 4:59 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) < g...@freephile.com> wrote: > Code written by Govt. employees is 'Public Domain', meaning specifically > exempted from copyright. > > However, most? government software is written by contractors, and not > published or shared. I don't

MIT Media Lab Changes Software Default to FLOSS

2016-03-27 Thread Greg Rundlett (freephile)
"Previously, software releases using free and open source licenses were approved by an internal committee. But since we’ve always allowed our developers to open-source their work, we’re eliminating the unnecessary hurdle: from now on any open source request will be viewed as the default and

Re: Govt Source Code Policy

2016-03-27 Thread Greg Rundlett (freephile)
On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 12:18 PM, David Rysdam wrote: > "Greg Rundlett (freephile)" writes: > > If the government actually goes through with 'open sourcing' their work, > > it's actually a giant corporate handout because companies will have > greater > >