I realize, that I am doing nothing but muckraking at the moment... and, I know that I am NOT by any means a core vista person or personality..... BUT...
I am offended that we call openvista, openvista... it isn't covered by the GPL or another license that ensures development happens in the open. HENCE the open for the OPEN source. I realize I may be going off half cocked here.... and the connection was bad.... but from the meeting in Boston... I remember someone from world vista saying that they want to ensure that developers who develop code are not bound to release it as open source. ALTHOUGH it is a really good idea and we really appreciate it. This to me just sounds extremely wrong. You are just asking for a fragmented code base... and you are ensuring that NO major new developments happen from anyone outside the VA, unless out of some personal or corporate guiding principle decide to release it as open source. Thank you Sanchez and your new owners. I can assure you that whatever development I may/will/probably do will be opensourced and GPL'd... Does this mean that I don't want money... NO.... But, this does mean that I don't want money for making whatever changes I make to a FREE Software product. I know that no matter what I do will not equal the work done by one of the many hero's of this program (of which I know many are on this list).... If I were you, I would be outraged that other people are taking your code adding parts to it and privatizing it. Even, if it is a company that you yourself work for, or code that you yourself are adding. You have given us, and the world a gift. A gift that has the potential to transform medical care and research throughout the world.... PROFIT is important, and for a company the most important...but, profit can be made and should be made while ensuring that the codebase that you started with grows and matures for all. Of course, the line was staticky, and I may have misheard the meeting :P SO, if that is the case..... ..... Nevermind ..... This has been Rosanna Danna Danna for Manolis On Sat, 2005-04-23 at 13:21 -0700, Kevin Toppenberg wrote: > Now here's an interesting paragraph from the link > below: > > Although VistA is not open-source software, at least > one vendor, Medsphere Systems Corp., is marketing an > open-source version of it. However, the Aliso Viejo, > Calif., company is selling its product only to > hospitals at this time, said Scott Shreeve, MD, chief > medical officer and a co-founder of Medsphere > > ;-) > Kevin > > > > --- Mark Street <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2005/04/11/bisa0411.htm > > > > Is his last statement valid? > > > > Will or can we get an early peak at the codebase for > > VistA-Office? Any > > resources for what is going in and what is being > > taken out? > > > > >The VA is modifying its VistA software for > > physician offices, and that > > >version is expected to become available in July, > > said Mike Ginsburg, project > > >manager for the VistA-Office EHR at the Iowa > > Foundation for Medical Care, > > >which is managing the conversion of VistA from an > > inpatient to outpatient > > >setting as part of a contract with the Centers for > > Medicare & Medicaid > > >Services. > > ...... > > >VistA-Office EHR would be made available free over > > the Internet, but doctors > > >won't be able to run the application unless they > > license MUMPS, a database > > >programming language from third-party vendors, > > Ginsburg said. That cost will > > >vary depending on who is selling the license, the > > size of the implementation > > >and number of users. Ginsburg estimated the cost to > > small and medium-sized > > >practices would run in the four figures. > > > > >Open-source versions of MUMPS are available, and > > "theoretically" will work > > >with VistA, Ginsburg said. > > -- > > Mark Street, RHCE > > http://www.oswizards.com > > -- > > Key fingerprint = 3949 39E4 6317 7C3C 023E 2B1F > > 6FB3 06E7 D109 56C0 > > GPG key http://www.oswizards.com/pubkey.asc > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT > > Products from real users. > > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. > > Start reading now. > > > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > > _______________________________________________ > > Hardhats-members mailing list > > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? 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