<div dir="ltr">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 </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 11:53 AM, Lawrence Rosen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lrosen@rosenlaw.com" target="_blank">lrosen@rosenlaw.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Brent Turner wrote:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">> </span>My understanding is GPLv3 is the CAVO preference from OSI standards..<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">But that doesn't mean that the GPLv3 must be the only open source license used for free software. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">ALL OSI-approved licenses are open source. Other licenses are not.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">/Larry <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Lawrence Rosen<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Rosenlaw & Einschlag (<a href="http://www.rosenlaw.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563c1">www.rosenlaw.com</span></a>) <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">3001 King Ranch Rd., Ukiah, CA 95482<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Cell: <a href="tel:707-478-8932" value="+17074788932" target="_blank">707-478-8932</a> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">LinkedIn: <a href="http://lnkd.in/D9CWhD" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563c1">http://lnkd.in/D9CWhD</span></a> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Brent Turner [mailto:<a href="mailto:turnerbrentm@gmail.com" target="_blank">turnerbrentm@gmail.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 20, 2015 9:08 AM<br><b>To:</b> Patrick Masson; CAVO<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [CAVO] Link to SF - LAFCO open source voting draft<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">My understanding is GPLv3 is the CAVO preference from OSI standards.. <u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">If this is correct then perhaps others here should apprise LAFCO so as to clarify the best direction for SF <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Those attempting to insert confusion via non open source " sound-alike " code/ licenses should be anticipated. <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 8:55 AM, Patrick Masson <<a href="mailto:masson@opensource.org" target="_blank">masson@opensource.org</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><br>On Wed, 2015-05-20 at 08:15 -0700, Brian J. Fox wrote:<br><br><u></u><u></u></p><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">1. Absolutely he meant “carrying an”<u></u><u></u></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">:-) <br><br><u></u><u></u></p><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">2. If we are dedicated to the GPLv3 we should be explicit about it, and not allow any OSI license — OR we should allow any OSI license on or before date TODAY if we are comfortable with that.<u></u><u></u></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in">I'll leave the discussions as to which open source license CAVO prefers to CAVO. My point was only to ensure that the scope of open source software licenses was understood. In addition, it is important to note the OSI's historical role and interests around both copy left and permissive licenses. 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