Op 10 feb 2010, om 11:37 heeft Gerard Freriks het volgende geschreven: > It is imperative that DCM's are absolutely free to use and in the public > domain. CEN/ISO and ANSI assure that with the standardisation IP rules in > general. > DCM's must be absolutely free from IP problems, well maintained in a formal, > flexible, organisation, owned and controlled by all that use them. > OpenEHR as we know it today is a private company. (See under Status: > http://www.openehr.org/about/foundation.html)
Hi Gerard, What has happened? For years and years you have been the initiator of many disputes between 13606/openEHR and HL7 and now all over sudden openEHR seems to have become the 'enemy'. OpenEHR is a not-for profit organisation and it's knowlegde is in the open domain. If you had Googled around a litte bit you could have found the following: A company limited by guarantee is an alternative type of incorporation used primarily for non-profit organisations that require corporate status. A guarantee company does not have a share capital, but has members who are guarantors instead of shareholders. The guarantors give an undertaking to contribute a nominal amount towards the winding up of the company in the event of a shortfall upon cessation of business. It cannot distribute its profits to its members, and is therefore eligible to apply for charitable status if necessary. So I would like you to withdraw this unfunded accusation or provide some solid facts to prove the contrary. This really doesn't help the discussion. I do like the fact that you've turned around and see opportunities to harmonize HL7, 13606 and openEHR, so let's keep working on that track. Cheers, Stef -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.openehr.org/mailman/private/openehr-technical_lists.openehr.org/attachments/20100210/113227be/attachment.html>
