[License-review] [CAVO] OSET Foundation

Brent Turner turnerbrentm at gmail.com
Wed Sep 9 22:36:18 UTC 2015


Here's  a few initial questions that come to mind-

1.  Why did OSET  stay separated from the open source community  rather
than take part in the community discussion among pioneers ?   Numerous
efforts have been made to include OSET to no avail..   with the only
apparent OSET community actions search engine maximization and a vendor
style disinformation campaign .

2. Where is  the " list of gov't people " craving OSET's new license ?  Can
we get a copy ?

3. *What is it OSET  doesn't  like about GPLv3 for election software?*
Please answer specifically.

Best-

Brent



On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 1:13 PM, Tzeng, Nigel H. <Nigel.Tzeng at jhuapl.edu>
wrote:

>
> When did justification for not using GPL suddenly become a litmus test for
> new license approval?  I didn’t get the memo about there being OSD #11
> License submitter must provide justification for not using GPLV3 because
> they are involved in software for specific endeavors Larry thinks is
> important.
>
> They want a weak copyleft.  GPLV3 isn’t one.  What further justification
> do you need for not using GPLv3?  They don’t need to provide a point by
> point refutation of your memo.  At most it’s “tell us why vanilla MPL isn’t
> satisfactory”.
>
> From: License-review <license-review-bounces at opensource.org> on behalf of
> Lawrence Rosen <lrosen at rosenlaw.com>
> Reply-To: Lawrence Rosen <lrosen at rosenlaw.com>, OSI License Review <
> license-review at opensource.org>
> Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at 3:03 PM
> To: 'Gregory Miller' <gmiller at osetfoundation.org>
> Cc: OSI License Review <license-review at opensource.org>, 'Christine
> Santoro' <csantoro at osetfoundation.org>, 'CAVO' <cavo at opensource.org>,
> 'Meegan Gregg' <meegan at osetfoundation.org>, "legal at osetfoundation.org" <
> legal at osetfoundation.org>
> Subject: Re: [License-review] OSET Foundation
>
> Hi Greg,
>
>
>
> Valid concerns have been raised here and on license-review@ about OSET's
> attempt to insert a new license into the existing collection for (what we
> call) invalid reasons. It does not help to have you point repeatedly to
> your Rationale document and yet refuse to comment specifically on CAVO's.
>
>
>
> *What don't you like about GPLv3 for election software?*  Please answer
> specifically.
>
>
>
> I can assure you that government agencies acquire and use GPL software
> every day!
>
>
>
> I'm adding license-review@ back to this thread so we can all hear your
> response. If participants here believe that license-discuss@ is a more
> appropriate venue for this thread, someone please move it there and cut
> back the other cc's. Thanks.
>
>
>
> /Larry
>
>
>
> *From:* Gregory Miller [mailto:gmiller at osetfoundation.org
> <gmiller at osetfoundation.org>]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 9, 2015 11:24 AM
> *To:* Lawrence Rosen <lrosen at rosenlaw.com>
> *Cc:* Christine Santoro <csantoro at osetfoundation.org>; Meeker, Heather J.
> <hmeeker at omm.com>; Richard Fontana <fontana at sharpeleven.org>; CAVO <
> cavo at opensource.org>; Meegan Gregg <meegan at osetfoundation.org>;
> legal at osetfoundation.org
> *Subject:* Re: OSET Foundation
>
>
>
> Good Morning Larry-
>
> Running into a busy balance of the day here, but with regard to your
> question, our position is best laid out in our Rationale document, and our
> recently updated FAQ, both available at
> www.osetfoundation.org/public-license.
>
> Thanks very much and have a great day.
>
> Best
>
> Gregory
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 7:53 AM, Lawrence Rosen <lrosen at rosenlaw.com>
> wrote in relevant part:
>
>
>
> ....– please respond directly to my own rationale memo explaining why
> GPLv3 is the most appropriate license for elections software. Do you
> disagree and why?
>
>
> https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss/2014-November/001580.html
>
>
>
> *Gregory Miller*
> Co-Executive Director & Chief Development Officer
> *OSET* *Foundation* | *TrustTheVote* *Project*
> www.OSETFoundation.org <http://www.osetfoundation.org/> |
> www.trustthevote.org
> *Twitter*: @TrustTheVote | @OSET
>
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