> Does this mean that MIT can now do research and not be required to publish this anywhere, not even journals? They were never required. Scientists do research

> Does this mean that MIT can now do research and not be required to publish this anywhere, not even journals? They were never required. Scientists do research and share their results so they can be improved and combined and provide insight. It started out with private letters between scientists in the early days, then journals appeared that would distribute the incoming letters to other interested parties. Over time it became a formalized system with metrics, incentives, publish or perish etc. But the original goal was to share and announce your results.