Hi,
I remember listening in on a Hardhats con-call recently about
using the GPL for more and more parts of VistA. Given Stallmans
appearance on the last call I wondered if this might be an appropriate
time to bring the issue up.
For me this is a central issue. The GPL provides the medical
community with protection from software vendors that it simply cannot
get elsewhere. I have started a site, GPLmedicine.org where I argue that
the GPL is the only moral license for medical software. The keep-it-free
nature of the GPL is central to forward progress in healthcare.
I think the relatively unclear position of Medspheres "version"
of VistA is a pretty good example of why it is important to
keep-it-free. I personally think the people who have been working on
improving VistA for most of their adult lives might resent Medsphere
hoarding its improvements to their life work. Am I wrong?
I am definitely a peripheral member of this community, but I am
think this is a critical issue for everyone in Open Source software. Is
there any consensus about this issue within the VistA community? Please
feel free to simply point me to a prior discussion.
Regards,
Fred Trotter
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