[CAVO] GPL license conversation
Lawrence Rosen
lrosen at rosenlaw.com
Tue May 12 01:29:09 UTC 2015
Hi Lauren,
There is a simple distinction: The OPL is not an approved open source license; the others are. I used to be general counsel for Open Source Initiative, so I know this distinction is critical to the open source community. You can't call it open source if the license is not formally approved by OSI.
I'm also a member of Apache Software Foundation and I love the Apache License. I believe personally, however, that a reciprocal license would be better for election software, for which I recommended GPLv3. I published an article about this that Brent can forward to you.
Please let me know of any further questions or concerns. Open source licensing is a frequent topic in my law practice and open source election and voting software is my latest passion.
In any event, I'd love to see questions like yours on the CAVO@ list. Please join us here:
http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cavo
/Larry
Lawrence Rosen
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From: Brent Turner [mailto:turnerbrentm at gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, May 11, 2015 6:09 PM
To: Lawrence Rosen; David Webber; Patrick Masson; CAVO; lauren.massa.lochridge.sf at gmail.com
Subject: GPL license conversation
Hello all :
Lauren works with LA County elections and also does IEEE standards work..
She would prefer this thread stay off the public site-
We were talking about GPL.. and she mentioned BSD and Apache..
I told her you two would be good for that conversation.. she may be participating after next steps.. I mentioned OPL was not currently considered as open source
Lauren.. here is www.opensource.org <http://www.opensource.org> Please intro yourself-
Lawrence is OS atty guru.. David a tech guru.. Patrick is Prez of OSI
Best to all-
Brent
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