[Hardhats-members] VistA GPL

2005-08-19 Thread Fred Trotter
Hi, I remember listening in on a Hardhats con-call recently about using the GPL for more and more parts of VistA. Given Stallmans appearance on the last call I wondered if this might be an appropriate time to bring the issue up. For me this is a central issue. The GPL provides the

RE: [Hardhats-members] VistA GPL

2005-08-19 Thread David Sommers
. /David. David Sommers, Architect | Dialog Medical -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fred Trotter Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 5:26 PM To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Hardhats-members] VistA GPL Hi, I remember

RE: [Hardhats-members] VistA GPL

2005-08-19 Thread Ruben Safir
If your comment is in regards to the work done under FOIA / Public Domain, then I believe it's in Medsphere's rights to continue that work in a non-OSS format and profit from it. No, its an issue of the GPL versus copyright licenses which prevent the user who is individually licensing

RE: [Hardhats-members] VistA GPL

2005-08-19 Thread Gordon Moreshead
with no greed and no lawlessness, this would not be an issue. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ruben Safir Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 5:19 PM To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Hardhats-members] VistA GPL If your comment

RE: [Hardhats-members] VistA GPL

2005-08-19 Thread Ruben Safir
On Fri, 2005-08-19 at 17:48 -0600, Gordon Moreshead wrote: There are ways to make source code available to end users while maintaining proprietary rights to software. It's proprietary rights to software which is the root problem, is it not. And what does that have to do with profitability?

Re: [Hardhats-members] VistA GPL

2005-08-19 Thread Doctor Bones
YAY!! oh wait... I don't think I am supposed to cheer just yet. :/ Emmanuel. On Fri, 2005-08-19 at 14:26 -0700, Fred Trotter wrote: Hi, I remember listening in on a Hardhats con-call recently about using the GPL for more and more parts of VistA. Given Stallmans appearance