>From http://gpl-violations.org/news/20060210-svc-gesundheitskarte.html
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> GPL DISPUTE ON AUSTRIAN ELECTRONIC HEALTH CARD RESOLVED BERLIN, Germany - Feb. 10, 2006 -- The gpl-violations.org project has uncovered and resolved violations of the GNU General Public License (GPL) in the Austrian electronic health card (e-card) system. Specifically, those license violations originate by SV-Chipkarten Betriebs- und Errichtungs GmbH, the company in charge of setting up the Austrian electronic health card system. According to gpl-violations.org, SVC B.u.E. GmbH used GPL licensed software, including Linux, in the Software running on the "GINA" (Gesundsheits Informations Netzwerk Adapter). "GINA" is installed at every doctor's clinic and acts as a gateway between the Health Information Network and the clinic. "While there is nothing wrong with using GPL licensed software in commercial products, it is only permitted under certain obligations, such as passing on the license agreement, and making available the full corresponding source code", says Mr. Harald Welte, Linux kernel developer and founder of the gpl-violations.org project. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ignore the GPL violation aspect - that happens all the time and is usually resolved out of court with the required release of source code. What is really interesting is the fact that an intelligent e-card reader (which uses embedded Linux as its operating system, it seems) is installed (or perhaps, will be installed) in "every doctor's clinic and acts as a gateway between the Health Information Network and the clinic." Horst or other native German speakers on this list: can you find out anything more about this via Google or whatever. I had a quick look at the Austrian Ministry for health and Women web site, but my German is not up to the task of spelunking through the site and its various documents. A Google search on "Gesundheits Informations Netzwerk Adapter" yields many hits, but all in German (unsurprisingly). Just a bit of information about what the overall architecture of the Austrian health information network is, what is the scope and roll-out plan, and how much it is expected to cost would be of enormous interest. The NeHTA admin person should start booking flights to Vienna now... Tim C _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
