Akimichi Tatsukawa
4/5/2007 12:00:00 PM
Hello, Mark
Thank you for a kind reply.
On Thu, 5 Apr 2007 11:50:18 +0900
Mark Guzman <segfault@hasno.info> wrote:
> Akimichi Tatsukawa wrote:
> > Mark Guzman wrote:
> >
> >> I've finally wrapped up some tasks and released Ruby-HL7. This is the
> >> first public release.
> >>
> >
> > Hello, congratulation on your work.
> >
> > In Japan, I am developing HL7 messaging engine plugin for rails,
> > and planning to release it.
> > But, I met an obstacle.
> > Since I am an individual member of the Japanese HL7 organization,
> > I asked the office if I could release it under GPL license.
> > But, they said that the protocol specification documents are
> > the intellectual property of HL7,
> > and they were reluctant to give me a clear answer.
> > So, I hesitate about the release.
> >
> > How do you deal with that license matter in U.S. ?
> > Your advice will be much appreciated.
> >
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Aki
> >
> >
> Aki,
> I developed this independently, based on prior knowledge. In your
> case, I'd suggest citing the existing GPL hl7 libraries. There are
> libraries available for java, perl and python. My understanding of us IP
> law (IANAL) leads me to believe that once someone puts the IP into the
> public domain it is possible to publish code that does the same thing as
> it can be claimed that the knowledge came from those sources. I believe
> GPL'd code would be considered public domain in this case. Good luck
Thank you for your advice.
Although, I still have a lot of work to do prior to bring it out,
I'm convinced of that there isn't much problem releasing it.
> Aki. I'm interested in promoting the usage of ruby in the medical world,
> so drop me a line if you need or want any help.
I have the same wish as yours, to make use of ruby among medical information systems.
I hope your project will prevail in this frontier.
> --mark
Aki,