[openhealth] free as in beer: lines of criticism

2007-11-15 Thread Adrian Midgley
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2007/05/07/bisb0507.htm Expensive - by UK standards - if they don't take the adverts. I suspect that the licencing model is such that when the company folds, the software goes away, or alternative and likely more expensive ways of supporting what by then will be

Re: [openhealth] free as in beer: lines of criticism

2007-11-15 Thread Tim Cook
If; 1) the **patients** have a choice in what information is used about them 2) and there is a guaranteed standard way to retrieve all of their data if desired Then I have no issue with this model. I do have serious concerns about the sanity of the doctors trusting their patient records to a

[openhealth] Re: [FOSS_health] MyGOSSCON 2007 on 6-7 December KL

2007-11-15 Thread Gary Teichrow
I'd just like to say that following this thread on the PCDOM application is a wonderful case-study for this particular fly on the wall. I recall the heated internal discussions about these kind of issues with the Mirth Project and searching for thoughtful unbiased advice. We did work

Re: [openhealth] Re: [FOSS_health] MyGOSSCON 2007 on 6-7 December KL

2007-11-15 Thread Fred Trotter
Dr. Cheah, There is something very disturbing about this thread. Unless I missed a post, you are being silent on the core issue. The issue of how certifications will work with FOSS licenses is interesting and critical to our success. However, Tim Cooks core question has gone unanswered.

Re: [openhealth] free as in beer: lines of criticism

2007-11-15 Thread Fred Trotter
I have thought that for this reason, I should recommending the new Affero GPL for FOSS ehr software. There is also the issue of ensuring access to current data, and I am not sure that this can be addressed via a licensing agreement. -FT On Nov 15, 2007 9:33 AM, Joseph Dal Molin [EMAIL PROTECTED]