I don't think that follows. Being available through FOIA doesn't imply
a GPL style license.

--- "Dr. Schrom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I'm not opposed to allowing authors of proprietary software to have
> free rein 
> to market their software and support as aggressively as their
> business ethics 
> allows. VistA is in the public domain under FOIA, therefore CMS
> really shouldn't 
> have the right to release a derivative of it (i.e. Vista-office) in
> any way 
> which restricts "public" access to it.  I should have the right to
> install it 
> without vendor support. Sure, GPL projects flop, but the GOOD ones
> survive 
> largely because of "support" from communities like Hardhats. I
> haven't met 
> any of them personally, but there are some really bright people on
> this list, 
> and if the can work someone like me through an installation of VistA,
> I don't 
> feel that I want or need paid support, and I should not be required
> to buy it.
> 
> Mike
> 



===
Gregory Woodhouse  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>



"Without the requirement of mathematical aesthetics a great many discoveries 
would not have been made."

-- Albert Einstein











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