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> Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 11:06:52 +0800 > From: "Daniel Escasa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [plug] Re: Press Release: Philippine medical open source > project a finalist in Stockholm Challenge > To: "Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Sabi ni Jopoy noong Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 10:58 AM: > > Please clarify for us mere mortals why is this so? > > http://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/categories.html#PublicDomainSoftware > -- in brief, public domain software are not copyrighted, whereas FLOSS > is, under the GPL or other Free Software licenses. > > -- > Daniel O. Escasa > independent IT consultant and writer > contributor, Free Software Magazine (http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com) > personal blog at http://descasa.i.ph You are absolutely correct, Ka Danny. CHITS software is GPL'd and so is not in the public domain. However, the Health Services provided by the Pasay City Health Center using CHITS are in the public domain (how do you copyright health services? <grin>) and so the statement on the website is valid (notice it refers to the whole health system and not just the software). Actually, palusot lang to so we don't have to redo the web page! Dr. Herman Tolentino is the original architect and programmer of CHITS, Dr. Alvin Marcelo took over the project when Dr. Tolentino left for the US. Other contributions were made by Prof. Ariel Betan, Mr. Marvin Yoingco, Mr. Alison Perez and yours truly. Of course, none of this would have been possible without the Doctors, nurses, midwives and health workers of the Lagrosa and Malibay Health Centers in Pasay City, who patiently participated in the development and use of the software. Mabuhay ang Malayang Software! Cito Maramba ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. University of the Philippines Manila (http://mail.upm.edu.ph) _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
