> data model, I might be wrong on this...). Is VistA is free, open source > software by design, or because of the US consititution (or some other US > legislation) which mandates that all products of US federal govt depts > are in the public domain (a very enlightened arrangement indeed)? > Free by legislation via the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) which essentially applies to most government funded intellectual property. What I don't know is who was the first organization/individual to request it be made available via FOIA...perhaps someone can answer this. We have similar legislation in Canada but I have never seen it put to such a useful purpose....
-- Cheers, Joseph Joseph Dal Molin e-cology corporation www.e-cology.ca
