Re: [Hardhats-members] Vista-Office - ..worldvista..openvista...opensource... off-topic eh?

2005-04-24 Thread Doctor Bones
Yes, you can argue about licenses from now until Sunday (in fact
today :)
I admit arguing about licenses is a bit like a religious argument.
However, from what Mark says the issue of the license is completely
moot.  Because, Vista is NOT opensource.  In fact it isn't even really
free.  It is a free copy of something closed.  And just like you can
make an origami bird from a copy of the bill of rights, if you did such
to the original people would be quite miffed, and rightly so (actually
they would probably be miffed if you did it to a copy too... but not as
miffed).  

My main reason for being a proponent of GPL.. even though, as you point
out there are issues with it.. Is because it DOES foster a unified
development, despite the other issues surrounding it.  For instance, how
many people/companies have developed Gynecology or Pediatrics or 
modules for vista, and not released them as opensource to the comunity?
So the wheel has to be reinvented time and time again.

Who exactly, defines clearly distinct?  What does that mean?
Does it need VistA to run?  

Yours, mine, and ours... are not really community sentiments.

Oh..  and even, if something is opensourced you can still sell it.

Ah...  whatever...  (DAMN soapbox broke)

Manolis

P.S. I joined the mailing list, but it doesn't seem like there is too
much action lately.


On Sat, 2005-04-23 at 17:56 -0500, Maury Pepper wrote:
 Drs Kevin  Bones (alias Rosanne Rosanneadanna, alias Emily Litella)
  
 Yes, the line must have been staticky. WorldVistA will definitely be
 putting an open source license on OpenVistA.  Which license it will
 be is under discussion. GPL has both fans and critics, and in the fine
 print, it's not exactly clear where the boundaries are that separate
 what's yours from what's ours when it comes to packages bundled like
 VistA, written in code like M[UMPS].
  
 Kevin's comment is correct, and that is why it's important to pick a
 license that will allow add-ons that are clearly distinct from VistA.
 That said, we also want a license that will foster a strong central
 repository -- not a fragmented one.
  
 A reminder: comments regarding this topic are welcome on the
 discussion list
 vista-open-source: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vista-open-source
  
 -maury-
  
  
 - Original Message - 
 From: Kevin Toppenberg 
 To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net 
 Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 5:27 PM
 Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] Vista-Office
 - ..worldvista..openvista...opensource... off-topic eh?
 
 
 The understanding I got was that we wanted to allow companies
 to be able to develop modules that work with VistA, and have
 them be propriatary.  Even on Linux, one can make a commercial
 program that makes use of open source technology.  
  
 Kevin 
 
 Doctor Bones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I realize, that I am doing nothing but muckraking at
 the moment... 
 and, I know that I am NOT by any means a core vista
 person or
 personality. BUT...
 
 I am offended that we call openvista, openvista... it
 isn't covered by
 the GPL or another license that ensures development
 happens in the open.
 HENCE the open for the OPEN source. I realize I may be
 going off half
 cocked here and the connection was bad but
 from the meeting in
 Boston... I remember someone from world vista saying
 that they want to
 ensure that developers who develop code are not bound
 to release it as
 open source. ALTHOUGH it is a really good idea and we
 really appreciate
 it. 
 
 This to me just sounds extremely wrong. You are just
 asking for a
 fragmented code base... and you are ensuring that NO
 major new
 developments happen from anyone outside the VA, unless
 out of some
 personal or corporate guiding principle decide to
 release it as open
 source. Thank you Sanchez and your new owners.
 
 I can assure you that whatever development I
 may/will/probably do will
 be opensourced and GPL'd...
 Does this mean that I don't want money... NO
 But, this does mean that I don't want money for making
 whatever changes
 I make to a FREE Software product. I know that no
 matter what I do will
 not equal the work done by one of the many hero's of
 

Re: [Hardhats-members] Error message when enterering D^ZU

2005-04-24 Thread steven mcphelan
You may have to edit the %ZOSV routine.  What you edit depends upon which
version of Cache you are running.  In any case, you may trick the Kernel
into believing you have enough licenses.  But you may eventually encounter
another message which is generated by Cache with some comment about job
process limit exceeded.  Your only recourse then is to limit the number of
jobs running if you wish to sign in.

- Original Message - 
From: Nancy Anthracite [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 5:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] Error message when enterering D^ZU


 There are only a few changes, so no need to start all over.  Look at 38
and
 39, and fix the mode of Taskman and see what happens.  If that doesn't
work,
 comment out the lines in ZU and see if that does it.

 On Saturday 23 April 2005 04:33 pm, Butch Jones wrote:
  No,
I am using a version that might be a little older.
 
  I guess it would be a good thing to download and start from scratch.
  Sorry for the silly question.
 
  Butch
 
  --- Nancy Anthracite [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   Are you using the current set of instructions that is online at
   Hardhats?
   There have been some changes in steps 38 and 39 and one other place
that
   I
   think were made to deal with this.  I am thinking that this may be the
   problem with the number of users on Cache again, or maybe that you
need
   to
   change the Mode of Taskman to general processor in the Taskman site
   parameters file. Or that the primary menu needs to be set as EVE.   I
am
  
   loosing it because this has come up multiple times  before and I can't
   remember what the fix is.
  
   Thurman, help! Didn't you have to fix this?
  
   On Saturday 23 April 2005 12:08 pm, Butch Jones wrote:
I have just gotten back into community and am again trying to set up
a
  
   new
  
installation of CACHE.  I have been pretty successful in following
the
instructions on setting up a system.
   
When I sing onto Cache terminal and change the namespace to VISTA, I
  
   am
  
getting an error message that displays ever-so-briefly when I type
  
   D^ZU
  
from the prompt:
   
VISTA  D^ZU
   
{I then get some error code that displays really fast and logs the
terminal off.}
   
any one know what I have missed in the setup process?
   
Thanks,
Butch Jones
   
   
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Re: [Hardhats-members] Vista-Office - ..worldvista..openvista...opensource... off-topic eh?

2005-04-24 Thread Joseph Dal Molin
There is nothing preventing anyone from working with VistA as an open 
source code base. As far as licensing is concernec, there is an old 
saying you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it 
drinkwith emphasis on the make. What is more of a challenge is 
opening the mindset of those who have built businesses with or have 
bought into the legacy paradigms that we are all familiar with. An 
appropriate license is necessary but it is not sufficient to stimulate 
open source behaviouruntil there is a compatible and significantly 
more valuable alternative to FOIA VistA there is no incentive to 
seriously consider and understand the open source process. The 
interesting thing is that there will always be a FOIA alternative so 
companies will be free to continue pursuing whatever approach they 
prefer with that code base.

Joseph
Doctor Bones wrote:
Yes, you can argue about licenses from now until Sunday (in fact
today :)
I admit arguing about licenses is a bit like a religious argument.
However, from what Mark says the issue of the license is completely
moot.  Because, Vista is NOT opensource.  In fact it isn't even really
free.  It is a free copy of something closed.  And just like you can
make an origami bird from a copy of the bill of rights, if you did such
to the original people would be quite miffed, and rightly so (actually
they would probably be miffed if you did it to a copy too... but not as
miffed).  

My main reason for being a proponent of GPL.. even though, as you point
out there are issues with it.. Is because it DOES foster a unified
development, despite the other issues surrounding it.  For instance, how
many people/companies have developed Gynecology or Pediatrics or 
modules for vista, and not released them as opensource to the comunity?
So the wheel has to be reinvented time and time again.
Who exactly, defines clearly distinct?  What does that mean?
Does it need VistA to run?  

Yours, mine, and ours... are not really community sentiments.
Oh..  and even, if something is opensourced you can still sell it.
Ah...  whatever...  (DAMN soapbox broke)
Manolis
P.S. I joined the mailing list, but it doesn't seem like there is too
much action lately.
On Sat, 2005-04-23 at 17:56 -0500, Maury Pepper wrote:
Drs Kevin  Bones (alias Rosanne Rosanneadanna, alias Emily Litella)
Yes, the line must have been staticky. WorldVistA will definitely be
putting an open source license on OpenVistA.  Which license it will
be is under discussion. GPL has both fans and critics, and in the fine
print, it's not exactly clear where the boundaries are that separate
what's yours from what's ours when it comes to packages bundled like
VistA, written in code like M[UMPS].
Kevin's comment is correct, and that is why it's important to pick a
license that will allow add-ons that are clearly distinct from VistA.
That said, we also want a license that will foster a strong central
repository -- not a fragmented one.
A reminder: comments regarding this topic are welcome on the
discussion list
vista-open-source: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vista-open-source
   -maury-
   - Original Message - 
   From: Kevin Toppenberg 
   To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net 
   Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 5:27 PM
   Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] Vista-Office
   - ..worldvista..openvista...opensource... off-topic eh?
   
   
   The understanding I got was that we wanted to allow companies
   to be able to develop modules that work with VistA, and have
   them be propriatary.  Even on Linux, one can make a commercial
   program that makes use of open source technology.  

   Kevin 
   
   Doctor Bones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   I realize, that I am doing nothing but muckraking at
   the moment... 
   and, I know that I am NOT by any means a core vista
   person or
   personality. BUT...
   
   I am offended that we call openvista, openvista... it
   isn't covered by
   the GPL or another license that ensures development
   happens in the open.
   HENCE the open for the OPEN source. I realize I may be
   going off half
   cocked here and the connection was bad but
   from the meeting in
   Boston... I remember someone from world vista saying
   that they want to
   ensure that developers who develop code are not bound
   to release it as
   open source. ALTHOUGH it is a really good idea and we
   really appreciate
   it. 
   
   This to me just sounds extremely wrong. You are just
   asking for a
   fragmented code base... and you are ensuring that NO
   major new
   developments happen from anyone outside 

Re: [Hardhats-members] Vista-Office - ..worldvista..openvista...opensource... off-topic eh?

2005-04-24 Thread Doctor Bones
Several people (as in more than one but less than a billion) have
written to me and said that a big reason that they do not participate,
even though they are interested in VistA is the lack of an open license.

In my previous post I mentioned something about wheels... we should be
flying by now...

I am still writing the documentation that I said would be done
yesterday. I already know it is going to suck... but it will be released
GNU FDL which means that you can modify it and make it better :P

Manolis

On Sun, 2005-04-24 at 02:19 +0300, Doctor Bones wrote:
 BLAH BLAH BLAH



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Re: [Hardhats-members] Vista-Office - ..worldvista..openvista...opensource... off-topic eh?

2005-04-24 Thread Doctor Bones
Perhaps I am wrong... wait... I know... hard to believe :)
BUT

My point about FOIA's freeness is that it is free, not open.
That is why people take it modify it and make other products from it.

If it where open...it would foster more development.  Several people I
know are interested in Peds, and Gyne... which are notably absent.
Several groups from my understanding have developed peds and gyne. But,
have not shared them, simply because they don't have to.  
Now, if someone else develops peds and shares it to the community with a
gpl'd vista then everyone can use it.  And, the people who wanted to
develop peds, now can focus their energies on other aspects.  Let's say
then that Kevin writes a completely new imaging system for vista because
all the time he would have devoted to replicating a peds module is freed
for him to work on imaging.  He can horde it, but if he uses the gpl'd
vista and the peds module that has been added then he is ethically and
legally bound to release it gpl.  Kevin's name was chosen at random but,
the example wasn't.

By saying that people will not use GPL until someone makes a GPL
contribution is in my mind the exactly wrong way to look at it. 
You make it GPL and people will grow it to the point were companies will
actually prefer to use a much modified GPLd VistA than the FOIA which of
course will still be incorporated into the GPLd product.

The idea isn't leading the horse to water and trying to make him
drink... It is rather ... you lead the horse to water... there is an
overhanging rock formation that nearly bridges the water.  The overhang
has been built by years of water erosion due to some beavers upstream
diverting water into this particular channel.  Now... the horse with his
MIT doctorate in civil engineering takes leftover wood from the beavers
dam building and completes the small portion remaining of this bridge
He then claims the bridge is his and requires toll to pass. Oh... and he
won't tell you how he made the remaining portion of the bridge.  But,
you are free to go find your own overhang.. or perhaps just to go hang. 
Or something like that.

Manolis

The Opensource mother goose

On Sun, 2005-04-24 at 09:48 -0400, Joseph Dal Molin wrote:
 There is nothing preventing anyone from working with VistA as an open 
 source code base. As far as licensing is concernec, there is an old 
 saying you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it 
 drinkwith emphasis on the make. What is more of a challenge is 
 opening the mindset of those who have built businesses with or have 
 bought into the legacy paradigms that we are all familiar with. An 
 appropriate license is necessary but it is not sufficient to stimulate 
 open source behaviouruntil there is a compatible and significantly 
 more valuable alternative to FOIA VistA there is no incentive to 
 seriously consider and understand the open source process. The 
 interesting thing is that there will always be a FOIA alternative so 
 companies will be free to continue pursuing whatever approach they 
 prefer with that code base.
 
 Joseph




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[Hardhats-members] Selling OpenVistA

2005-04-24 Thread chuck5566
Not a big deal, but please consider:
Whenever I come in contact with health care professionals outside of 
the VA, and it's seems appropriate, I bring up and explain a little 
about OpenVistA.  I'll give them the URLs for WorldVistA, Hardhats or 
both.  Thing is, it's always on some scrap of paper that I'm sure gets 
lost.

What I was thinking that it might be nice to print out some OpenVistA 
business cards.  They wouldn't have my name on them, just maybe a logo, 
OpenVistA displayed prominently and the WorldVista and Hardhats URLs. 
 This would seem to me to be much better than scraps of paper to 
spread the word.

If there is interest in this, I would prefer to use an official, 
standard, design.  What I'd really is be able to include some sort of 
catch phrase, something like Very affordable, very comprehensive 
healthcare IT.   (I feel I need to point out that I wouldn't include 
open-source in this phrase, it just seems to muddy the waters at 
first.)  And if I was WorldVistA, I'd copyright the phrase.

MORE IMPORTANTLY
Thinking about that catch phrase got me believing that WorldVistA 
should produce http://openvista.worldvista.org - a site with the 
primary purpose of selling OpenVistA.  A site that would be designed 
to grab visitors and pique their interest about the product itself.  
Something with a screenshot of CPRS prominently displayed.  This is the 
URL I'd like to put on the business cards.  And I'm not trying to take 
away from the WorldVistA and Hardhats Web sites.  They of course have 
plenty of great information on VistA, but you have to go fishing for 
it.

Thanks,
Chuck

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Re: [Hardhats-members] Selling OpenVistA

2005-04-24 Thread Nancy Anthracite
I  agree wholeheartedly, but I think we need to be sure OpenVistA really is 
going to continue to belong to WorldVistA first, or replace it with something 
that we know will. 

I recently bought the url OpenSourceVistA.net for my home server because I, 
like you, feel educating people about the meaning of Open Source is 
important.  Once the concept of Open Source is more widely recognized, I am 
sure the demand will grow for Open Source healthcare solutions and others may 
see the value of converting their products to Open Source or to joining a 
great cause.  


On Sunday 24 April 2005 01:05 pm, chuck5566 wrote:
 Not a big deal, but please consider:

 Whenever I come in contact with health care professionals outside of
 the VA, and it's seems appropriate, I bring up and explain a little
 about OpenVistA.  I'll give them the URLs for WorldVistA, Hardhats or
 both.  Thing is, it's always on some scrap of paper that I'm sure gets
 lost.

 What I was thinking that it might be nice to print out some OpenVistA
 business cards.  They wouldn't have my name on them, just maybe a logo,
 OpenVistA displayed prominently and the WorldVista and Hardhats URLs.
   This would seem to me to be much better than scraps of paper to
 spread the word.

 If there is interest in this, I would prefer to use an official,
 standard, design.  What I'd really is be able to include some sort of
 catch phrase, something like Very affordable, very comprehensive
 healthcare IT.   (I feel I need to point out that I wouldn't include
 open-source in this phrase, it just seems to muddy the waters at
 first.)  And if I was WorldVistA, I'd copyright the phrase.

 MORE IMPORTANTLY
 Thinking about that catch phrase got me believing that WorldVistA
 should produce http://openvista.worldvista.org - a site with the
 primary purpose of selling OpenVistA.  A site that would be designed
 to grab visitors and pique their interest about the product itself.
 Something with a screenshot of CPRS prominently displayed.  This is the
 URL I'd like to put on the business cards.  And I'm not trying to take
 away from the WorldVistA and Hardhats Web sites.  They of course have
 plenty of great information on VistA, but you have to go fishing for
 it.

 Thanks,
 Chuck



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RE: [Hardhats-members] VistA licensing.

2005-04-24 Thread Roy Gaber
VistA is Public Domain, not Open Source, always has been, always (at least
should) will be.

-Original Message-
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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!  :-)

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Re: [Hardhats-members] VistA licensing.

2005-04-24 Thread Gregory Woodhouse
I can understand how new modules (a.k.a packages) built on top of VistA 
infrastructure could be licensed under GPL, but I cannot believe that 
software obtained via FOIA could simply declared to be open source.


Gregory Woodhouse
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On Apr 24, 2005, at 1:44 PM, Roy Gaber wrote:
VistA is Public Domain, not Open Source, always has been, always (at 
least
should) will be.

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Ignacio
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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!  :-)
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Re: [Hardhats-members] VistA licensing.

2005-04-24 Thread Doctor Bones
Exactly, it couldn't, but the install routines, the additional modules,
the documentation (non-VA) all of that could.

My little attempt at getting greek to work even though it isn't much
more than a hack and a hack explained to me by others could.
And that could aid other Greek or foreign language implementers work on
other things that are more important.

So, if you use the modules, if you use the routines, if you use gpl
software than you should gpl your source.

By the way... VistA isn't exactly public domain either, because the VA
will not allow external modifications to find it's way back to the
codestream.  It is a public domain copy.  Which you can do with what you
want, except alter the original.

And, because Vista FOIA is released every so often, that would also have
to be incorporated into the GPL modifications...

We ( well not me per ce) are kind of doing that now (but without the
license)... with viva .x instead of the foia.

...

And NO, it isn't a perfect way to do GPL, but I don't really see the
Government GPL'ing Vista, so it is up to us to GPL the modifications we
make.

... I notice that I use GPL a lot... nothing wrong with the BSD license
either... In fact I am even a Berkeley grad. 


On Sun, 2005-04-24 at 14:09 -0700, Gregory Woodhouse wrote:
 I can understand how new modules (a.k.a packages) built on top of VistA 
 infrastructure could be licensed under GPL, but I cannot believe that 
 software obtained via FOIA could simply declared to be open source.
 
 
 Gregory Woodhouse
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 On Apr 24, 2005, at 1:44 PM, Roy Gaber wrote:
 
  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!  :-)
 
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Re: [Hardhats-members] VistA licensing.

2005-04-24 Thread Dr Molly Cheah
I should add that we're discussing OpenVistA of course and not FOIA 
VistA or any other name to replace OpenVistA as pointed out by Nancy.

Molly
Dr Molly Cheah wrote:
Ignacio,
The games, nay, the discussions started seriously in two other mailing 
lists last year, Vista-vendors and Vista-open-source on yahoogroups. 
That discussion fizzled out... simply because the decision making 
entity isn't the discussants. Maury just reminded us of the existence 
of vista-open-source mailist. Besides, we need to use those lists soon 
otherwise yahoogroups will deactivate them after a certain specified 
timeframe ?6months.

Molly
Ignacio Valdes wrote:
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!  :-)

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[Hardhats-members] Clarification on Install notes for Installing Vista on Cahce

2005-04-24 Thread Butch Jones
I had a question on the install notes that are posted on Hardhats.

In item #20;

==
20. Repeat the same thing for Routine Mapping for: %RCR, %XU*, %ZIS*,
%ZO*, %ZT*, %ZV*. 
==

why does %RCR not have an asterick appended?  Should it be 
%RCR or %RCR* ?


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Re: [Hardhats-members] VistA licensing.

2005-04-24 Thread Joseph Dal Molin
It's the process not the license that really mattersPublic Domain 
could work just as well as an open source license in providing a 
collaborative medium if improvements are made available to others via 
public domainbut IMHO it is naive to expect this to happen given the 
past 15+ years of experience.

It is important to note that we all have come to expect the VA to make 
its improvements available to everyone via FOIAis it not reasonable 
to expect others who benefit from the VA's and taxpayer investment in 
VistA to do the same. If that is not reason enough then let me point out 
that it is this quid pro quo that fuels a virtuous spiral of improvement 
that in turn positively impacts health outcomes...this is essentiallly 
the kind of process that created VistA and has fueled the VA's success 
in health quality. The fact that we are still chasing the holy grail of 
integrated EHR's and health information systems outside of the VA is 
ample proof that the legacy software business models are incapable of 
spawning this kind of improvement in software.

Joseph

Roy Gaber wrote:
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!  :-)

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Re: [Hardhats-members] Selling OpenVistA

2005-04-24 Thread Nancy Anthracite
Only this:

Trademark web site of OpenVistA  
http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=docstate=4fule4.2.1

On Sunday 24 April 2005 05:36 pm, Dr Molly Cheah wrote:
 Nancy Anthracite wrote:
 I  agree wholeheartedly, but I think we need to be sure OpenVistA really
  is going to continue to belong to WorldVistA first, or replace it with
  something that we know will.

 Any idea or update on the status of the claim to the name OpenVistA by
 Medsphere?

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Re: [Hardhats-members] Clarification on Install notes for Installing Vista on Cahce

2005-04-24 Thread Nancy Anthracite
It is correct without the *.

On Sunday 24 April 2005 06:17 pm, Butch Jones wrote:
 I had a question on the install notes that are posted on Hardhats.

 In item #20;

 ==
 20. Repeat the same thing for Routine Mapping for: %RCR, %XU*, %ZIS*,
 %ZO*, %ZT*, %ZV*.
 ==

 why does %RCR not have an asterick appended?  Should it be
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Re: [Hardhats-members] Clarification on Install notes for Installing Vista on Cahce

2005-04-24 Thread Chris Richardson
Butch;

   %RCR is an old routine but only a single routine in the namespace.  It is
a routine which accomplishes the MERGE command before the MERGE command was
implemented.

- Original Message -
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To: Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 3:17 PM
Subject: [Hardhats-members] Clarification on Install notes for Installing
Vista on Cahce


 I had a question on the install notes that are posted on Hardhats.

 In item #20;

 ==
 20. Repeat the same thing for Routine Mapping for: %RCR, %XU*, %ZIS*,
 %ZO*, %ZT*, %ZV*.
 ==

 why does %RCR not have an asterick appended?  Should it be
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[Hardhats-members] Re: Trying new install of Cache and Vista

2005-04-24 Thread Nancy Anthracite
All the new instructions were to be is what is there on Hardhats now plus the 
changes I suggested you do in the email to the ZU routine.  I didn't want to 
add it unless you confirmed it worked OK.

It seems that Mark Street found out the ?ZISF routine was missing as I recall, 
for his GTM install, so it may be missing for yours as well, but it may not 
be needed or something.  I do not have Cache installed as I just got a new 
Windows machine, so I am going to post this out for someone who has done this 
to comment as I am still back working on a much older version with the 
CPRS/WIne issue.

So, please fellow Hardhats, can you please give him some help here?

On Sunday 24 April 2005 07:22 pm, you wrote:
 Nancy,
Do you have a copy of the newer instructions that you will post on
 Hardhats?  If so, care to send them to me and lets see if I can follow them
 to get an install up and running?

 I have begun my install and have gotten down to #34 of the old install
 notes and have run into the same problem.  I don't want to change any of
 the routines today..  Was hoping to see the new instructions that you say
 you have.

 here is what I got when I attempted to perform step #34..

 ==
 USERZN VISTA

 VISTAD ^ZTMGRSET

 ZTMGRSET Version 8.0 **34,36,69,94,121,127,136,191,275**
 HELLO! I exist to assist you in correctly initializing the current account.
 D UCI^%ZOSV\
 ^ |   Not
 sure what all of this means, but it is what I received
 NOROUTINEA+2^ZTMGRSET  |when I attempted to run ZTMGRSET.
 VISTA 3x2 /

 ===

 I am running Cache version 5.0.13.5607.1
 Vista   (CACHE.DAT  dated 2/27/2005)

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RE: [Hardhats-members] Re: Trying new install of Cache and Vista

2005-04-24 Thread Roy Gaber
Did you map the % routines?  The error you are receiving is indicating that
the routine %ZOSV is missing.  

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nancy
Anthracite
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 8:34 PM
To: Butch Jones; Hardhats
Subject: [Hardhats-members] Re: Trying new install of Cache and Vista

All the new instructions were to be is what is there on Hardhats now plus
the 
changes I suggested you do in the email to the ZU routine.  I didn't want to

add it unless you confirmed it worked OK.

It seems that Mark Street found out the ?ZISF routine was missing as I
recall, 
for his GTM install, so it may be missing for yours as well, but it may not 
be needed or something.  I do not have Cache installed as I just got a new 
Windows machine, so I am going to post this out for someone who has done
this 
to comment as I am still back working on a much older version with the 
CPRS/WIne issue.

So, please fellow Hardhats, can you please give him some help here?

On Sunday 24 April 2005 07:22 pm, you wrote:
 Nancy,
Do you have a copy of the newer instructions that you will post on
 Hardhats?  If so, care to send them to me and lets see if I can follow
them
 to get an install up and running?

 I have begun my install and have gotten down to #34 of the old install
 notes and have run into the same problem.  I don't want to change any of
 the routines today..  Was hoping to see the new instructions that you say
 you have.

 here is what I got when I attempted to perform step #34..

 ==
 USERZN VISTA

 VISTAD ^ZTMGRSET

 ZTMGRSET Version 8.0 **34,36,69,94,121,127,136,191,275**
 HELLO! I exist to assist you in correctly initializing the current
account.
 D UCI^%ZOSV\
 ^ |   Not
 sure what all of this means, but it is what I received
 NOROUTINEA+2^ZTMGRSET  |when I attempted to run ZTMGRSET.
 VISTA 3x2 /

 ===

 I am running Cache version 5.0.13.5607.1
 Vista   (CACHE.DAT  dated 2/27/2005)

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RE: [Hardhats-members] VistA licensing.

2005-04-24 Thread Roy Gaber
You are absolutely correct, I stand corrected.

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Self
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 8:44 PM
To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [Hardhats-members] VistA licensing.

I don't understand why suddenly there is so much repetition on this list of
the mistaken
notion that software in the Public Domain is not Open Source. It is surely
the oldest form
of Open Source and has been accepted as such since the term Open Source
was originated.
It was explicitly added to version 1.2 of the Open Source definition.

Please see http://opensource.org/docs/definition.php

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!  :-)

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Re: [Hardhats-members] VistA licensing.

2005-04-24 Thread Nancy Anthracite
I think there is a distinction being made between varieties of open source.  I 
don't think anyone is trying to say that public domain isn't open source.  

On Sunday 24 April 2005 08:43 pm, Jim Self wrote:
 I don't understand why suddenly there is so much repetition on this list of
 the mistaken notion that software in the Public Domain is not Open Source.
 It is surely the oldest form of Open Source and has been accepted as such
 since the term Open Source was originated. It was explicitly added to
 version 1.2 of the Open Source definition.

 Please see http://opensource.org/docs/definition.php

 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!  :-)

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[Hardhats-members] Re: VistA licensing

2005-04-24 Thread Ignacio Valdes
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 :-)

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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!  :-)

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Re: [Hardhats-members] Re: VistA licensing

2005-04-24 Thread Nancy Anthracite
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!  :-)
 
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Re: [Hardhats-members] Need help with an input transform.

2005-04-24 Thread Kevin Toppenberg
Greg,

I'm lost.  I thought that the input transform code WAS
the screening process.  Can you discribe how these two
differ?

Thanks
Kevin

--- Gregory Woodhouse
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 This is hows Fileman sets screens on pointers.
 Rather than edit the 
 input transform, you should modify the screen.
 
 
 Gregory Woodhouse
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 On Apr 23, 2005, at 6:46 PM, Kevin Toppenberg wrote:
 
  I need help understanding an input transform
 
  In file 50.7/PHARMACY ORDERABLE ITEM, in field MED
  ROUTE (.06), I am being limited in the choices
  available to me.  I want to be able to put in ORAL
 or
  PO for a drug route.
 
  Here is a screen log:
 
 
  INPUT TO WHAT FILE: PHARMACY ORDERABLE ITEM//
  EDIT WHICH FIELD: ALL//
 
 
  Select PHARMACY ORDERABLE ITEM NAME: dilTIAZEM
  TAB
  NAME: DILTIAZEM//
  DOSAGE FORM: TAB//   (No Editing)
  IV FLAG:
  INACTIVE DATE:
  DAY (nD) or DOSE (nL) LIMIT:
  MED ROUTE: BUCCAL// PO??
   Enter the most common MED ROUTE associated
 with
  this medication.
   ONLY MED ROUTES MARKED FOR USE BY ALL
 PACKAGES
  ARE SELECTABLE.
  MED ROUTE: BUCCAL//
 
  -
 
  Here I show that PO is a valid record in the
  MEDICATION ROUTE file (50.1)--and that it DOES
 appear
  to be marked for use by all packages
 
 
  OUTPUT FROM WHAT FILE: MEDICATION ROUTES//
  Select MEDICATION ROUTES NAME: PO
   1   PO  ORAL  PO
   2   PO SC  ORAL/SUBCUTANEOUS  PO SC
  CHOOSE 1-2: 1  ORAL  PO
  ANOTHER ONE:
  STANDARD CAPTIONED OUTPUT? Yes//   (Yes)
  Include COMPUTED fields:  (N/Y/R/B): NO// b  BOTH
  Computed Fields and Record Num
  ber (IEN)
 
  NUMBER: 1   NAME: ORAL
OUTPATIENT EXPANSION: MOUTH  
 ABBREVIATION:
  PO
PACKAGE USE: ALL PACKAGES
 
  
  Here is the input transform for the field (field
 .06
  of file 50.7).
 
  INPUT TRANSFORM:  S DIC(S)=I
  $P(^(0),^)'=ORAL,$P(^(0),^,4) D ^DIC
 K
  DIC S DIC=DIE,X=+Y K:Y0 X
 
  The node;piece 0;4 -- Package Use(0:national drug
  file only, 1:All packages)
 
  So each entry is tested for
   $P(^(0),^)'=ORAL
  and  $P(^(0),^,4)0   both must be true.
 
  1. I don't understand how all an input transform
 is
  setup.  For example, before calling d ^DIC,
 doesn't
  DIC=FileNum have to be set, and DIC(0)=AEQ or
  something.  Also what is the naked reference ^(0)
  referring to.  Also, how does the input transform
  communicate back?  By setting $T, or by killing X?
  If
  X is killed is any further processing carried out
 by
  fileman?
 
  2. Looking at this specific example, there seems
 to be
  a specific restriction against having a route to
 be
  ORAL--why?
 
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RE: [Hardhats-members] GT.M question: ZBREAK questions

2005-04-24 Thread Roy Gaber
In other flavors of M you can turn BREAK on and then place breaks in your
code, I am on my windows box right now so I cannot give a more precise
answer, sorry.

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Toppenberg
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 11:05 PM
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Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] GT.M question: ZBREAK questions

I had figured out the answer for the first part of
this post.  But I was hoping someone would comment on
the second part.  I copy it here again,

 Also, it seems that there is ONE breakpoint held by
 GT.M.  I.e. $ZBREAK is a variable that holds the one
 breakpoint for the system, rather than a function
 that
 allows creating of multiple breakpoints scattered
 across a source file.  Is this correct?
 

Thanks
Kevin


--- Kevin Toppenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I have been playing with the GT.M function ZBREAK.
 
 I can do this, and it works:
 set pos=A1^test
 ZBREAK @pos
 
 And I can do this:
 ZBREAK A1^test:n tmg s
 tmg=$$STEPTRAP^TMGTPSTP($ZPOS,1)
 
 but I CAN'T do this:
 ZBREAK @pos:n tmg s
 tmg=$$STEPTRAP^TMGTPSTP($ZPOS,1)
 
 Any ideas why?  Or how to achieve the above?
 I am wanting to be able to ask the user to specify
 an
 address, and then set a custom breakpoint
 dynamically.
 
 
 Also, it seems that there is ONE breakpoint held by
 GT.M.  I.e. $ZBREAK is a variable that holds the one
 breakpoint for the system, rather than a function
 that
 allows creating of multiple breakpoints scattered
 across a source file.  Is this correct?
 
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Re: [Hardhats-members] Need help with an input transform.

2005-04-24 Thread Gregory Woodhouse
The input transform is (usually) generated code. Rather than manually 
set the screen in the input transform, you should specify the screen 
(e.g., when creating the field) and let Fileman create the input 
transform for you. Sometimes you need to create your own input 
transform, but most of the time, you should let Fileman do it for you.


Gregory Woodhouse
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On Apr 24, 2005, at 7:42 PM, Kevin Toppenberg wrote:
Greg,
I'm lost.  I thought that the input transform code WAS
the screening process.  Can you discribe how these two
differ?
Thanks
Kevin
--- Gregory Woodhouse
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This is hows Fileman sets screens on pointers.
Rather than edit the
input transform, you should modify the screen.

Gregory Woodhouse
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Apr 23, 2005, at 6:46 PM, Kevin Toppenberg wrote:
I need help understanding an input transform
In file 50.7/PHARMACY ORDERABLE ITEM, in field MED
ROUTE (.06), I am being limited in the choices
available to me.  I want to be able to put in ORAL
or
PO for a drug route.
Here is a screen log:
INPUT TO WHAT FILE: PHARMACY ORDERABLE ITEM//
EDIT WHICH FIELD: ALL//
Select PHARMACY ORDERABLE ITEM NAME: dilTIAZEM
TAB
NAME: DILTIAZEM//
DOSAGE FORM: TAB//   (No Editing)
IV FLAG:
INACTIVE DATE:
DAY (nD) or DOSE (nL) LIMIT:
MED ROUTE: BUCCAL// PO??
 Enter the most common MED ROUTE associated
with
this medication.
 ONLY MED ROUTES MARKED FOR USE BY ALL
PACKAGES
ARE SELECTABLE.
MED ROUTE: BUCCAL//
-
Here I show that PO is a valid record in the
MEDICATION ROUTE file (50.1)--and that it DOES
appear
to be marked for use by all packages
OUTPUT FROM WHAT FILE: MEDICATION ROUTES//
Select MEDICATION ROUTES NAME: PO
 1   PO  ORAL  PO
 2   PO SC  ORAL/SUBCUTANEOUS  PO SC
CHOOSE 1-2: 1  ORAL  PO
ANOTHER ONE:
STANDARD CAPTIONED OUTPUT? Yes//   (Yes)
Include COMPUTED fields:  (N/Y/R/B): NO// b  BOTH
Computed Fields and Record Num
ber (IEN)
NUMBER: 1   NAME: ORAL
  OUTPATIENT EXPANSION: MOUTH
ABBREVIATION:
PO
  PACKAGE USE: ALL PACKAGES

Here is the input transform for the field (field
.06
of file 50.7).
INPUT TRANSFORM:  S DIC(S)=I
$P(^(0),^)'=ORAL,$P(^(0),^,4) D ^DIC
K
DIC S DIC=DIE,X=+Y K:Y0 X
The node;piece 0;4 -- Package Use(0:national drug
file only, 1:All packages)
So each entry is tested for
 $P(^(0),^)'=ORAL
and  $P(^(0),^,4)0   both must be true.
1. I don't understand how all an input transform
is
setup.  For example, before calling d ^DIC,
doesn't
DIC=FileNum have to be set, and DIC(0)=AEQ or
something.  Also what is the naked reference ^(0)
referring to.  Also, how does the input transform
communicate back?  By setting $T, or by killing X?
 If
X is killed is any further processing carried out
by
fileman?
2. Looking at this specific example, there seems
to be
a specific restriction against having a route to
be
ORAL--why?
Thanks
Kevin
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Re: [Hardhats-members] Need help with an input transform.

2005-04-24 Thread Gregory Woodhouse
I should add that Fileman allows you to edit the input transform (and 
sometimes this is precisely what you need to do), but there's a 
downside: once the input transform becomes code that you write, Fileman 
is no longer able to maintain it itself. If at a later time, you need 
to modify the field definition, you will need to edit the input 
transform yourself (unless, of course, you want to throw away your 
changes and go back to a vanilla input transform.)


Gregory Woodhouse
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On Apr 24, 2005, at 8:19 PM, Gregory Woodhouse wrote:
The input transform is (usually) generated code. Rather than manually 
set the screen in the input transform, you should specify the screen 
(e.g., when creating the field) and let Fileman create the input 
transform for you. Sometimes you need to create your own input 
transform, but most of the time, you should let Fileman do it for you.


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RE: [Hardhats-members] VistA licensing.

2005-04-24 Thread David Sommers
I find that the most flexible license is one that doesn't exist - such
as Public Domain.

One of my favorite little programs is a Photoshop like replacement for
Windows called Paint.NET.

The license is:

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files
(the Software), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.


By far the most flexible, quickest to read, and easiest to understand.


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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Anthracite
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 9:07 PM
To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] VistA licensing.

I think there is a distinction being made between varieties of open
source.  I 
don't think anyone is trying to say that public domain isn't open
source.  

On Sunday 24 April 2005 08:43 pm, Jim Self wrote:
 I don't understand why suddenly there is so much repetition on this
list of
 the mistaken notion that software in the Public Domain is not Open
Source.
 It is surely the oldest form of Open Source and has been accepted as
such
 since the term Open Source was originated. It was explicitly added
to
 version 1.2 of the Open Source definition.

 Please see http://opensource.org/docs/definition.php

 VistA is Public Domain, not Open Source, always has been, always (at
least
 should) will be.
 
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Ignacio
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 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!  :-)

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