6.1. RPI and OSS

Whereas many university people enjoy a spiritual affinity for open source software, our interest is more pragmatic. As a campus-wide development group, technologies and products with no license or usage fees are critical to providing solutions which can be deployed with impunity. Our web foundation is largely built atop products and technologies which have no usage fees, allowing us to deploy as many instances, servers, CPU’s, etc as necessary.

RPI relies heavily on and benefits from open source software but seldom contributes to open source. We believe this contribution will enhance Rensselaer’s reputation in the area of software development.