RE: [Hardhats-members] VistA licensing.

2005-04-30 Thread Kevin Toppenberg
I just got around to searching for Paint.NET I can't find it. Can you post a URL? Thanks Kevin --- David Sommers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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

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- 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:

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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Apr 24, 2005, at 1:44 PM, Roy Gaber

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

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

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

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

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

RE: [Hardhats-members] VistA licensing.

2005-04-24 Thread David Sommers
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nancy 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