[CAVO] GPL license conversation

[Brian J. Fox]

I’m in agreement, thanks!

> On May 14, 2015, at 12:40 PM, Brent Turner <turnerbrentm at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Checking in with Lauren -
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> Are we all together ? 
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> BT 
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> On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 6:29 PM, Lawrence Rosen <lrosen at rosenlaw.com <mailto:lrosen at rosenlaw.com>> wrote:
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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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> /Larry
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> Lawrence Rosen
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> From: Brent Turner [mailto:turnerbrentm at gmail.com <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 <mailto: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 <http://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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Thanks,

Brian
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