When I worked for a university, I asked my boss if I could open-source my code, which was largely funded by NSF. I showed him a license, and summarized it for

When I worked for a university, I asked my boss if I could open-source my code, which was largely funded by NSF. I showed him a license, and summarized it for him. His response surprised me: "By all means -- anything 'open' is music to NSF's ears, because it means they don't have to pay for several labs to do the same work. I'll mention that in our annual report."