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It's Right To Hack

In the latest issue of 'Wired' magazine there's an article entitled 'Geeks in Toyland', which details development of the next generation of LEGO's award-winning programmable robotics kit, Mindstorms NXT. I found the bit about the software licencing particularly interesting reading:

"Lego decided to let the modders flourish; it even wrote a "right to hack" into the Mindstorms software license, giving hobbyists explicit permission to let their imaginations run wild"

Isn't that great? Wouldn't it be great if more companies thought like that? Seeing as most software companies want the 'right to hack' into your computer to make sure you're not doing anything 'wrong' with their precious software.

I *heart* LEGO/LEGO kicks ass.

Posted by Matt at 3PM |

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