I think, this is clear

Thanks Thomas.

Op 3-6-2010 20:18, Thomas Beale schreef:
>
> Bert,
>
> I don't think there is any reason for panic, quite the opposite. The 
> 2-line summary of the situation is:
>
>     * everything is already open under either recognised licenses,
>       copyright, etc, apart from archetypes, which don't have a proper
>       license yet (but we treat them as being 100% open & free artefacts)
>     * In the future, we want to improve the copyright covering the
>       specifications to be a bit more standard, and designate a VERY
>       open license for archetypes & templates.
>
> The recent debate is really about which of the CC licenses to use for 
> archetypes and templates.
>
> openEHR is already about as open s you can get, and it is going to be 
> even more so soon. I think this will remove any doubts and help all 
> users and implementers.
>
> - thomas beale
>
>
> On 03/06/2010 18:25, info wrote:
>> To make this clear for implementers, this kind of messages can cause 
>> panic, because people do not understand, they really mess things up 
>> all the time. I have a half day job explaining license issues to 
>> people, and I am only a programmer (maybe that is why it takes so 
>> much time)
>> -------------------------
>> Let's try my interpretation, excuse my third language English
>>
>> I think, anyone who reads the specifications, and thinks, I can do 
>> that on my own, in programming language XYZ, he will not get into 
>> trouble.
>> Because, there may be copyright on the specifications, but they are 
>> not patented (thus, no protection on the ideas behind the specifications)
>>
>> Anyone who uses sourcecode (an implementation from someone else), has 
>> to comply to the conditions which are connected to that sourcecode, 
>> thus act accordingly.
>>
>> I think that I am right, or is there any objection to this?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Bert
>> *
>> * 
>
>
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