[CAVO] GPL license conversation

[Brent Turner]

Checking in with Lauren -

Are we all together ?

BT

On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 6:29 PM, Lawrence Rosen <lrosen at rosenlaw.com> wrote:

> Hi Lauren,
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> There is a simple distinction: The OPL is not an approved open source
> license; the others are. I used to be general counsel for Open Source
> Initiative, so I know this distinction is critical to the open source
> community. You can't call it open source if the license is not formally
> approved by OSI.
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> I'm also a member of Apache Software Foundation and I love the Apache
> License. I believe personally, however, that a reciprocal license would be
> better for election software, for which I recommended GPLv3. I published an
> article about this that Brent can forward to you.
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> Please let me know of any further questions or concerns. Open source
> licensing is a frequent topic in my law practice and open source election
> and voting software is my latest passion.
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> In any event, I'd love to see questions like yours on the CAVO@ list.
> Please join us here:
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> http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cavo
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> /Larry
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> Lawrence Rosen
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> Rosenlaw & Einschlag (www.rosenlaw.com)
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> *From:* Brent Turner [mailto:turnerbrentm at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, May 11, 2015 6:09 PM
> *To:* Lawrence Rosen; David Webber; Patrick Masson; CAVO;
> lauren.massa.lochridge.sf at gmail.com
> *Subject:* GPL license conversation
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> Hello all :
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> Lauren works with LA County elections and also does IEEE standards  work..
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> She would prefer this thread stay off the public site-
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> We were talking about GPL.. and she mentioned BSD and Apache..
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> I told her you two would be good for that conversation.. she may be
> participating after next steps..  I mentioned OPL was not currently
> considered as open source
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> Lauren.. here is www.opensource.org   Please intro yourself-
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> Lawrence is OS atty guru.. David a tech guru.. Patrick is Prez of OSI
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> Best to all-
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> Brent
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