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

[Brent Turner]

Thanks Larry-

I look forward to your statement for LAFCO     .. as well as everyone
else's

Hopefully we can have a clear understandable statement regarding allowable
licenses .. and how they are differentiated from licenses we do not
appreciate

On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 9:22 AM, Lawrence Rosen <lrosen at rosenlaw.com> wrote:

> Welcome back!  Didn't I promise you that you'd live?  /Larry
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> *From:* Brent Turner [mailto:turnerbrentm at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 26, 2015 10:58 PM
> *To:* Lawrence Rosen; Brian Fox; Tim Mayer; Alec Bash; David Webber;
> Patrick Masson; Castro, Daniel
> *Subject:* Fwd: FW: [CAVO] Link to SF - LAFCO open source voting draft
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> Firstly--    Let me state I am glad to be alive--   i would rather fight
> five lobbyists in an alley than go to the hospital--   secondly--  here is
> a message from Jason-
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> Perhaps anyone that wants to submit individually should --  I think we
> need to further clarify the license issue.
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> I am glad to assist and watchdog the process  ..  also we should put
> together a CAVO response as well
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> From: *Fried, Jason (BOS)* <jason.fried at sfgov.org>
> Date: Tue, May 26, 2015 at 11:42 AM
> Subject: FW: [CAVO] Link to SF - LAFCO open source voting draft
> To: "turnerbrentm at gmail.com" <turnerbrentm at gmail.com>
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> Brent,
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> Are you planning on compiling a list of comments from all your group or
> will people be submitting them separately?
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> I am fine either way just want to plan accordingly by either tracking them
> individually or waiting for a master version from you.
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> Jason Fried
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> Executive Officer
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> San Francisco Local Agency Formation Commission
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> 415-554-6756
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> *From:* Lawrence Rosen [mailto:lrosen at rosenlaw.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 20, 2015 12:36 PM
> *To:* 'CAVO'
> *Cc:* Fried, Jason (BOS); Lawrence Rosen
> *Subject:* RE: [CAVO] Link to SF - LAFCO open source voting draft
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> Actually, Brent, I always give you my permission to forward my cavo@
> email to Jason Fried. I'll forward this one myself. :-)
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> And please ask Jason to subscribe to our list to make this easier. (See
> the link at the bottom of this email.) With good participation here like
> we're getting this morning, we'll all learn good things about open source
> voting.
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> Thanks! /Larry
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> Lawrence Rosen
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> *From:* Brent Turner [mailto:turnerbrentm at gmail.com
> <turnerbrentm at gmail.com>]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 20, 2015 12:19 PM
> *To:* Lawrence Rosen; CAVO
> *Subject:* Re: [CAVO] Link to SF - LAFCO open source voting draft
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> So the CAVO preference of GPLv3 should be expressed to SF / LAFCO for
> inclusion on their revision ?   Perhaps you can send that note or give
> direction
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> On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 11:53 AM, Lawrence Rosen <lrosen at rosenlaw.com>
> wrote:
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> Brent Turner wrote:
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> > My understanding is GPLv3 is the CAVO preference from OSI standards..
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>  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.
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>  But that doesn't mean that the GPLv3 must be the only open source license
> used for free software.
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>  ALL OSI-approved licenses are open source. Other licenses are not.
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>  /Larry
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> *From:* Brent Turner [mailto:turnerbrentm at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 20, 2015 9:08 AM
> *To:* Patrick Masson; CAVO
> *Subject:* Re: [CAVO] Link to SF - LAFCO open source voting draft
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> My understanding is GPLv3 is the CAVO preference from OSI standards..
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>  If this is correct then perhaps others here should apprise LAFCO so as to
> clarify the best direction for SF
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>  Those attempting to insert confusion via non open source " sound-alike "
> code/ licenses should be anticipated.
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