1 sale, but 2 shirts! I showed them off at the Boston meeting where Iwegot the story of the WorldVistA meeting out in Linux Med News before the Associated Press even considered it! A real Scoop. ;-)
On Sunday 24 April 2005 09:10 pm, Ignacio Valdes wrote: > LMN was honored to have RMS specifically weigh in on the subject of > VistA licensing in November 2000: > > http://www.linuxmednews.com/974769856/index_html > > He covered just about everything. Excerpt: > > I am not a lawyer, but I have spoken extensively with lawyers about > copyright questions. Presuming that the VistA software is in the > public domain, if you combine it with a GPL-covered program you must > release the combination *as a whole* under the GPL. Using the VistA > code in this way is allowed because public domain status permits > practically anything. > > However, the specific code that was in the public domain remains in > the public domain. In other words, the fact that person A released the > VistA code in a GPL-covered combination does not stop person B from > using the VistA code in some other way. > > There's more, so please see the link. And have a good day, eat right, > exercise and buy a LMN T-shirt :-) Only 1 sale to date :-( Thanks > Nancy :-) > > -- IV > > On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 15:45:11 -0700 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >From: "Roy Gaber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net> > > Subject: RE: [Hardhats-members] VistA licensing. > > Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 16:44:19 -0400 > > Reply-To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > VistA is Public Domain, not Open Source, always has been, always (at > >least > > should) will be. > > > > -----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > >Ignacio > > Valdes > > Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 4:38 PM > > To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: [Hardhats-members] VistA licensing. > > > > I would suspect that the license would have to come down to either > >GNU > > GPL or FreeBSD type-license. Now, deciding between the two: let the > > games begin! :-) > > > > -- IV > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members -- Nancy Anthracite ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
