Should we let every potentially (or even verifiably) unsafe piece of software to operate freely on government networks? No, we shouldn’t, even if it’s in the name of research. Knowingly running spyware on a government network isn’t a good idea.

Precautions need to be taken, perhaps via cooperation between network operators and researchers, to assure that having unsafe software on their network is not potentially harmful to other users of the network.

Also, again, not every college in Texas is a state college. In fact, I think the vast majority aren’t state colleges. They aren’t subject to any of this regulation anyway.