On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, Andreas Tille wrote: > On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, Jeff wrote: > > > It was more of a complete rewrite than a successor to FreeB. The idea > > is basically the same (split off the billing engine), but the > > architecture is far more advanced. > Sounds great to me. So I guess FreeB would be more or less replace > FreeB, right?
Jeff and Andreas, There is also a license difference between FreeB and REMITT. FreeB is GPL while REMITT is MPL (mozilla public license). Contrary to what REMITT.Org says (http://www.remitt.org/license.html), MPL is not compatible with GPL. (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html) Mozilla is undergoing a re-licensing effort (converting to triple GPL/LGPL/MPL) precisely because MPL is not GPL-compatible - and MPL is not Debian-Free (http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/06/msg00221.html). I bring this up because REMITT and FreeB have the potential to be widely used and incorportated in many free EMR in the future. Usig MPL may impede incorporation of REMITT into official Debian and it could turn out that we need to continue to use and develop FreeB because of the license difference. ... Best regards, Andrew --- Andrew P. Ho, M.D. OIO: Open Infrastructure for Outcomes www.TxOutcome.Org
