People often do not get why I am so convinced that only GPL Software should be used in Medicine. I can understand why. Without understanding the nature of Healthcare, people assume that I am being religious about the issue. This is the furthest thing from the truth. It has been a while since I have […]
Category: IANAL
VistA License debate: its about proprietarization
It looks like WorldVistA is, for now, holding fast to the GPL and AGPL for VistA licensing. I have been a vocal advocate for compromising with DSS and Open Health Tools around the LGPL. The LGPL would allow for some innovations to be licensed under the GPL, and others, in the core of VistA to […]
Enabling open core
What license should you consider for your new Health IT platform? As you consider that, you should think carefully about your user audience. You want people in the Open Source community to develop against your code. You want people to add value to your core. To achieve this you have to recognize that our community […]
Microsoft may allow FOSS implementations of HealthVault API
Sean Nolan has announced that Microsoft has placed the HealthVault API specification, under the Microsoft Community Promise (CP) at the time of the writing, this page has not been updated to list the HealthVault API, but the text is provided in the specification download. This may allow for FOSS implementations of HealthVault. The Microsoft CP […]
A Little Law Lecture
I have been asked to give a lecture at the University of Houston Law school about PHRs and HIPAA. I originally hooked up with the law program there because they publish interesting things on the collision of Open Source and Healthcare IT law, an issue that I care about. Now I am being invited to […]