Re: [openhealth] Medsphere really is an open source company after all?

2007-03-06 Thread Tim Churches
Fred Trotter wrote: > The software in question was not VistA at all. It was developed internally > at Medsphere. We are simply talking about a company that placed an "open > source" offering on sourceforge and then, dramatically, had the software > removed. > > They have since released one of the

Re: [openhealth] Medsphere really is an open source company after all?

2007-03-06 Thread Tim Churches
Tim Cook wrote: > JohnLeo Zimmer, MD wrote: > . >> Thus, Medsphere's GPL license can be applied only to the <> >> between OpenVista server and FOIA VistA. (Likewise, any modifications >> World Vista makes to VistA.) >> >> IMHO, of course, >> jlz > > I don't believe so. Public domain software CAN

Re: [openhealth] Medsphere really is an open source company after all?

2007-03-06 Thread Tim Cook
JohnLeo Zimmer, MD wrote: . > > Thus, Medsphere's GPL license can be applied only to the <> > between OpenVista server and FOIA VistA. (Likewise, any modifications > World Vista makes to VistA.) > > IMHO, of course, > jlz I don't believe so. Public domain software CAN be re-released under ANY

Re: [openhealth] Medsphere really is an open source company after all?

2007-03-06 Thread Fred Trotter
The software in question was not VistA at all. It was developed internally at Medsphere. We are simply talking about a company that placed an "open source" offering on sourceforge and then, dramatically, had the software removed. They have since released one of the items they yanked under an "open

Re: [openhealth] Medsphere really is an open source company after all?

2007-03-06 Thread Gregory Woodhouse
On Mar 6, 2007, at 4:51 AM, JohnLeo Zimmer, MD wrote: > Thus, Medsphere's GPL license can be applied only to the > <> > between OpenVista server and FOIA VistA. (Likewise, any modifications > World Vista makes to VistA.) Unfortunately, I don't think that's really feasible. It's rather like t

Re: [openhealth] Medsphere really is an open source company after all?

2007-03-06 Thread JohnLeo Zimmer, MD
Gregory Woodhouse wrote: > > I don't see how it clarifies your reference to the "original > license". VistA is in the public domain in the sense that it may be > obtained though FOIA. That's not the same as being licensed under an > open source license. Indeed, speaking as a non-lawyer, I do