[CAVO] Link to SF - LAFCO open source voting draft

[Brent Turner]

Yes-  Comments for revision are encouraged.  I hope yourself, Larry and
others will make time to set all matters straight so that there is clarity
 Comment period ends June 19th so the sooner the better ..

On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 7:29 AM, Patrick Masson <masson at opensource.org>
wrote:

>  Brent,
>
> I was looking over the document you referenced and had a few
> questions/concerns.
>
> Page one provides definitions including, "Open source: A term signifying
> the source code would be publicly available." This is an incomplete
> definition. It would be better to simply state, "Open source software; A
> term used to describe software caring and OSI Approved Open Source
> License." This definition would ensure that all of the attributes of the
> Open Source Definition, not just access to the code, are included in the
> definition.
>
> Page eight states, "Open source software is classified as a GPL; hence all
> improved versions of the original software must remain free, disallowing
> proprietary companies to adopt the software, make changes, and sell it on
> their own terms." This is not accurate. Open source software is software
> distributed with an OSI Approved Open Source License, and includes
> permissive licenses. Narrowly defining open source as only software caring
> a GPL or copyleft license does not reflect the open source software
> movement.
>
> Is there an opportunity to provide feedback? If so would you/CAVO be able
> to introduce these? The OSI is constantly challenged with the misuse of the
> term open source software and we strive to ensure that only software caring
> an OSI approved license uses the label. We see a lot of open washing and
> fauxpen source out there. While this is obviously not the case here, and
> it's clear folks are genuinely interested in working with authentic open
> source projects, it would be best to ensure constancy to avoid
> misunderstandings.
>
> Thanks,
> Patrick
>
>
> On Mon, 2015-05-18 at 16:58 -0700, Brent Turner wrote:
>
> http://www.sfbos.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=52577
>
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