[liberationtech] Concerns with new Stanford University security mandate

[Jonathan Wilkes]

On 01/30/2014 11:38 AM, Patrick Schleizer wrote:
> Jonathan Wilkes:
>>       Before I write anything else: Is the BigFix client free software?
>> Couldn't figure it out from a quick look at the website.
> I also couldn't find confirmation it's Free Software.

Someone from Stanford want to weigh in here?  It's a very simple 
question, and I apologize in advance if I missed something obvious.

If it is proprietary, is there a bold Stanford student on this list 
willing to take his/her Debian box (or whatever flavor OS) in to IT and 
report on the process of getting it up and running on the network 
without installing a proprietary binary?

-Jonathan

>   And the default in
> our world is being copyrighted, proprietary.
>
> In conclusion, Stanford "liberationtech" is promoting proprietary software?
>
> What are the chances, that IBM - as an US company - isn't or won't soon
> be subverted by NSA backdoor, now that we know from news how NSA
> infiltrated other proprietary software?
>
> Is this just a draconian enforcement of someone not aware or not caring
> about Free Software / "liberationtech" or are stronger mechanisms (ex:
> national security letter) at play here?
>