[CAVO] L.A. County continues to announce open source voting victory

[Tim Mayer]

That's a compelling thought, Patrick!


Tim

On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 3:59 PM, Patrick Masson <masson at opensource.org>
wrote:

>  Have you all thought about constructing specific language to offer
> entities (e.g. LA and Travis) who are interested in ensuring their
> requirements for open source software are met?
>
> In addition to providing authenticity and consistency, there are also
> benefits in assessment. That is, a requirement that software include an OSI
> Approved License allows organizations to quickly assess if the licenses are
> valid and meets the expectations around software freedom. This removes the
> need to assess each application's license (and it's
> affordances/restrictions) that claims to be open source. Any organization
> can submit software and claim it is open source, but then the burden is on
> the county (in this case) to assess the license. By using an OSI license,
> that work as been done.
>
> In addition, because many of the OSI approved licenses are globally
> recognized and well understood pedigrees, there are many resources that can
> help explain each license (permissions, requirements, compatibility, use,
> etc.).
>
> I think offering those new to open source, not only the language to
> authenticate open source software but the value of using OSI approved
> licenses can be much more compelling than a simple "compliance and/or
> standards" arguement.
>
> Just thinking,
> Patrick
>
>
>
> On Mon, 2015-06-15 at 17:05 -0700, Brent Turner wrote:
>
>
> http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/06/los-angeles-county-moves-to-open-source-voting-technology/
>
>
>
>  But is it really open source -- ??
>
>
>
>  If so-- I'd say we get ready to validate but deserve a little
> celebration..
>
>
>
>  If it's a ruse..   and they are going to attempt to perpetrate a shell
> game licensing scheme--then I guess we continue to " cut the ring in half
> "
>
>
>
>  The plot thickens !!
>
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