Ken Elliott wrote:
>>> With a lawyer, you can do anything.
>
> No good lawyer would expose himself to copyright theft. Easy way to get hit
> with a $20,000 per violation bill.
Hi Ken!
Of course not. That's why whatever they tell you is the way to go.
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt
If you look at the gpl text, it says you can't change it at the top, but
down into it it says you can - but the next person can change it back -
and no one can sue under that license (but of course anyone can sue
under common law). Yes, no - maybe, whatever.
That's why you get a lawyer! I imagine the lawyer would suggest a
checkbox that would release the download or install that would say the
user agrees to the gpl and Scott's company philosophy "core values" that
the patient be free to see the source code. Heck, the patient won't know
what he/she is looking at anyway, so let them look at it. End of problem.
>> I thought I couldn't do that because of the copyright on the GPL...
> With a lawyer, you can do anything. If it is that important to you, get
> a lawyer, he/she will find a way.
>
> Me, I'd just use the GPL or MIT or some other open source license and
> post the source myself for everyone who cared to look at it. 99% of the
> people won't even look at the source anyway so you can post on a low
> cost server.
>
>>>> The gnu-apl requires that any network users of a piece of software be
>>>> allowed to see the source code of the software they use.
>>>>
>>>> Here's my problem: one of the core values of my new company is that
>>>> patients should be able to see the source code of the software they're
>>>> doctors use, so /all/ are assured of its quality. There is also a
>>>> feature in the software that allows patients to access their medical
>>>> records.
>>>>
>>>> My concern is that, for the GNU-APL version, larger "corporate" doctors'
>>>> offices might just disable the feature and keep their modifications "in
>>>> house", violating the spirit of the license and the values of the
>>>> company.
>
>>> Just use the GPL as your starting point, get a lawyer to write the other
>>> points you want in addition - as "left" as you like, Use that as your
> eula.
>>> Bear in mind that someone may still violate your eula, and the only
>>> thing you can do is sue.
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