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Re: [Gnumed-devel] re gnu argus postgres port
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Ian Haywood |
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Re: [Gnumed-devel] re gnu argus postgres port |
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Sun, 19 Jun 2005 14:34:47 +1000 |
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Syan Tan wrote:
>
> On Fri Jun 17 3:37 , Tim Churches sent:
>
>
>>What about the dependencies on teh HeSA (rainbow?) PKI libraries? How
>>did you work around those? Or do you have the libraries?
>>
>
>
> So these libraries cannot be redistributed in a binary package , or as
> third party libraries in a open source package?
No, to obtain them you must sign a contract with HIC, either as a doctor or
as a developer. No source code.
They come as .jars plus some C libraries so you can call them outside of Java,
Amazingly, they work on linux and I have written Python bindings
(although the legal stuatus of these bindings is unclear, so I can't release
them)
I have spoken to the HIC's IT department who were suprprisely helpful.
They are committed to supporting the libraries on Linux and are prepared to
consider a
special contract for open-source projects.
I don't think they could be persuaded to open the code, but possibly allow us
to bundle the .jars with a gnumed package.
This means we need to amend the gnumed licence (that is, grant a specific
exemption to allow
this proprietary code to be used)
There aredemand issues: most GPs I have spoken to about HIC Online or HeSA
certificates usually
reply with a stream of abuse about HIC. Horst, for example, bills all of his
patients direct
so has no interest in HIC Online.
Ian
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- [Gnumed-devel] re gnu argus postgres port, Syan Tan, 2005/06/16
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] re gnu argus postgres port, Syan Tan, 2005/06/17
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] re gnu argus postgres port,
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- Re: [Gnumed-devel] re gnu argus postgres port, Syan Tan, 2005/06/17
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] re gnu argus postgres port, Tim Churches, 2005/06/17
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] re gnu argus postgres port, Syan Tan, 2005/06/17
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] re gnu argus postgres port, Tim Churches, 2005/06/17
- Re: [Gnumed-devel] re gnu argus postgres port, Syan Tan, 2005/06/19