Re: [License-discuss] Why CAVO Recommends GPLv3

2014-11-17 Thread Gervase Markham
On 17/11/14 15:02, Tzeng, Nigel H. wrote: > As long as the core vote counting and verification bits are open source > and can be externally verified then one vendor providing more vote > planning aids, analytics, financial tracking and collaboration tools are > part of their comprehensive suite as

Re: [License-discuss] Why CAVO Recommends GPLv3

2014-11-17 Thread Tzeng, Nigel H.
Gerv, Without knowing how OSET intends to design their software or what vendors provide today it¹s hard for me to say. As long as the core vote counting and verification bits are open source and can be externally verified then one vendor providing more vote planning aids, analytics, financial tra

Re: [License-discuss] Why CAVO Recommends GPLv3

2014-11-17 Thread Gervase Markham
On 14/11/14 19:55, Tzeng, Nigel H. wrote: > In our case the majority of the software being evaluated for open > sourcing is framework and utility functions that we believe would > provide value to our community. We wish to insure that this framework > remains open source and commonly used but that

Re: [License-discuss] Why CAVO Recommends GPLv3

2014-11-14 Thread Tzeng, Nigel H.
, November 14, 2014 at 11:06 AM To: License Discuss mailto:license-discuss@opensource.org>> Subject: [License-discuss] Why CAVO Recommends GPLv3 To: License-Discuss@ [This email is CC-BY.] The California Association of Voting Officials (CAVO) asked me to help them evaluate FOSS licenses for el

[License-discuss] Why CAVO Recommends GPLv3

2014-11-14 Thread Lawrence Rosen
To: License-Discuss@ [This email is CC-BY.] The California Association of Voting Officials (CAVO) asked me to help them evaluate FOSS licenses for election software. Below is my article for the CAVO newsletter. You can read the entire CAVO newsletter at http://www.cavo-us.org/Newsletter/n