> I feel you're overvaluing the ability to contribute to the linux kernel - this is definitely a bad thing and the university should work to correct the situation. But when I was looking at colleges and universties (for undergrad - I didn't pursue a grad degree) I didn't ever ask if the university was blacklisted by any open source organizations.

You are not looking at it the right way. This is an issue for the President and the Provost because of alumni donations.

When the choice is between firing an adjunct/assistant and not getting a 100k from alumni the adjunct/assistant has no chance.