Re: An Xmas present for you to peruse, comment, and mull..

2011-01-09 Thread Seth Cohn
Ok, sitting down to review various comments... Bill asked: >> (a) Unrestricted use of the software for any purpose; >Can this be construed against GPL-ish licenses? If the State wanted to >distribute the software for some purpose, > GPL'ed software would have restrictions. The above covers _us

Re: [Fwd: Re: An Xmas present for you to peruse, comment, and mull..]

2011-01-04 Thread Joshua Judson Rosen
"Jon 'maddog' Hall" writes: > > I will not comment on most of your discussion, since I think you and > I agree that some of the words in Seth's document will be hard to > prove as written, and perhaps should be modified so the opponents of > the bill will not have statements to challenge. Indeed.

[Fwd: Re: An Xmas present for you to peruse, comment, and mull..]

2011-01-04 Thread Jon 'maddog' Hall
Joshua, I will not comment on most of your discussion, since I think you and I agree that some of the words in Seth's document will be hard to prove as written, and perhaps should be modified so the opponents of the bill will not have statements to challenge. >> If you want to make "adherence t

Re: An Xmas present for you to peruse, comment, and mull..

2011-01-04 Thread Tom Buskey
On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 8:03 AM, Jeffry Smith wrote: > On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 9:32 AM, Joshua Judson Rosen > wrote: > > "Jon 'maddog' Hall" writes: > >> > > > Basically, there's historically been confusion over whether `OSS' > > could qualify as `COTS'--due at least in part do our own community'

Re: An Xmas present for you to peruse, comment, and mull..

2011-01-04 Thread Jeffry Smith
On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 9:32 AM, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: > "Jon 'maddog' Hall" writes: >> > Basically, there's historically been confusion over whether `OSS' > could qualify as `COTS'--due at least in part do our own community's > willingness to use "open" and "commercial" as opposing terms, >

Re: An Xmas present for you to peruse, comment, and mull..

2011-01-03 Thread Joshua Judson Rosen
"Jon 'maddog' Hall" writes: > > Seth, > > Sorry for not replying sooner, but family duties at the holiday season > had me hopping. > > Here are some small comments: > > Statement of Purpose and Findings, Section I (d): > > "and the monopoly conditions imposed by these suppliers" > > remov

Re: An Xmas present for you to peruse, comment, and mull..

2011-01-03 Thread Jon 'maddog' Hall
Seth, Sorry for not replying sooner, but family duties at the holiday season had me hopping. Here are some small comments: Statement of Purpose and Findings, Section I (d): "and the monopoly conditions imposed by these suppliers" remove the word "monopoly". Closed source is closed source

Re: An Xmas present for you to peruse, comment, and mull..

2011-01-03 Thread Ted Roche
This is pretty exciting. Please keep us up to date on the progress of the bill. On 12/24/2010 09:30 PM, Seth Cohn wrote: > For your holiday enjoyment, and for you to think about in the next few > days, and get back to me with feedback (pro or con), improvements, and > other suggestions... I welco

Re: An Xmas present for you to peruse, comment, and mull..

2010-12-25 Thread Jeffry Smith
DoD Guidance on Open Source Software: http://cio-nii.defense.gov/sites/oss/2009OSS.pdf DoD FAQ on Open Source Software: http://cio-nii.defense.gov/sites/oss/Open_Source_Software_(OSS)_FAQ.htm#Frequently_Asked_Questions_regarding_Open_Source_Software_.28OSS.29_and_the_Department_of_Defense_.28DoD

An Xmas present for you to peruse, comment, and mull..

2010-12-24 Thread Seth Cohn
For your holiday enjoyment, and for you to think about in the next few days, and get back to me with feedback (pro or con), improvements, and other suggestions... I welcome your input, and if you'd like to speak at the hearing on this bill on a particular element, please let me know... This is one