Re: [Gnumed-devel] re gnu argus postgres port

[Ian Haywood]

Syan Tan wrote:
> 
> On Fri Jun 17  3:37 , Tim Churches  sent:
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> 
>>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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