Year: 2025

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The First Amendment is the constitutional backbone of both American democracy and the free software movement because it protects the open debate, criticism, and sharing of ideas that make each of them possible. Free software movement founder Dr. Richard Stallman’s insistence that “free software” is about liberty – “think of ‘free’ as in ‘free speech,’ […]

“Source available” software, often licensed under what’s called a Business Source License (BSL), looks deceptively similar to open source. At first glance, you get access to the source code – but your rights to use, modify, and distribute it are tightly restricted. Unlike true free software, these licenses do not guarantee freedom. Instead, they are […]

Imagine this – you’re a brilliant late-20s engineer at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in 1980 – a couple years out of Harvard with a reputation as the go-to problem solver when critical systems fail. Your colleagues rely on you to keep the lab’s complex machinery running smoothly, and you’ve earned their trust through countless […]

Hey y’all! LTC was approved as full RSO at Georgia Tech in November, please join us on engage here: https://gatech.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/ltc