Re: [License-discuss] Another CACF patent case

2014-11-17 Thread Luis Villa
The concurrence's language on 101 is indeed very strong, although not binding; and would appear to thread the needle in a way that allows the few genuinely innovative software patents while throwing out the vast majority of them — an approach the Supreme Court had called for but not provided much g

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