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

[Brent Turner]

I think it's more powerful if you make statement directly -
jason.fried at sfgov.org

On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 7:49 AM, Patrick Masson <masson at opensource.org>
wrote:

>  Well below are my two suggestions. Not sure other than these if I can
> provide much help related to voting systems. Will you carry these forward,
> or should the OSI contact the authors directly?
>
> Thanks,
> Patrick
>
> On Wed, 2015-05-20 at 07:47 -0700, Brent Turner wrote:
>
> 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 ..
>
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>  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:
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> http://www.sfbos.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=52577
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