Re: Open Source NHIN RFP Set-Aside

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Re: Open Source NHIN RFP Set-Aside
by Rick Stockton on Friday July 08, @11:01PM

"...free redistribution; inclusion of source code; permission for modifications and derived works; non-restrictive and non-specific licensing and license distribution...."

The GPL imposes significant restrictions on the combination of (a) making modifications *AND* (b) distributing those modifications. IANAL, but it seems to me that software built from GPL components cannot meet these criteria.

Have I got it wrong, or is HHS disallowing any GPL Software? Maybe there isn't any GPL software which RFP respondents would want to use in building their offerings? Or, is this another RFP blunder?

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