[CAVO] SF - LAFCO open source voting draft

[Lawrence Rosen]

OSI is now hosting the open source California Association of Voting
Officials (CAVO). Thanks OSI!

 

There was a question on that email list recently about why CAVO prefers
GPLv3 for voting software. I had recommended GPLv3 to CAVO several months
earlier. Below was my response. 

 

The local government agency officer who asked about CAVO's open source
licensing had been confused by some commercial organizations who are
promoting non-open licenses for their voting and elections software. 

 

The final line below (not the actual license recommendation!) is the message
that OSI wants to send. Right? 

 

/Larry

 

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> My understanding is GPLv3 is the CAVO preference from OSI standards..

Yes, for reasons relating to reassurance that all derivative works will be
acceptable for voting around the world. The "strength" and "popularity" of
the GPLv3 make it a good license for universal voting software.

But that doesn't mean that the GPLv3 must be the only open source license
used for free software. 

ALL OSI-approved licenses are open source. Other licenses are not.

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