Re: Interoperability with HL7

[Stef Verlinden <stef@vivici.nl>]

Op 10 feb 2010, om 11:37 heeft Gerard Freriks het volgende geschreven:

It is imperative that DCM's are absolutely free to use and in the public domain. CEN/ISO and ANSI assure that with the standardisation IP rules in general.

DCM's must be absolutely free from IP problems, al, flexible, organisation, owned and controlled by all that use them.

OpenEHR as we know it today is a private company. (See under Status: http://www.openehr.org/about/foundation.html)

Hi Gerard,

What has happened? For years and years you have been the initiator of many disputes between 13606/openEHR and HL7 and now all to have become the 'enemy'. 

OpenEHR is a not-for profit organisation and it's knowlegde is in the open domain. If you had Googled around a litte bit you could have found the following:

A company limited by guarantee is an alternative type of incorporation used primarily for non-profit organisations that require corporate status. A guarantee company does not have a share capital, but has members who are guarantors instead of shareholders. The guarantors give an undertaking to contribute a nominal amount towards the winding up of the company in the event of a shortfall upon cessation of business. It cannot distribute its profits to its members, and is therefore eligible to apply for charitable status if necessary. 

So I would like you to withdraw this unfunded accusation or provide some solid facts to prove the contrary. This really doesn't help the discussion.

I do like the fact that you've turned around and see opportunities to harmonize HL7, 13606 and openEHR, so let's keep working on that track.

Cheers,

Stef

_______________________________________________
openEHR-technical mailing list
openEHR-technical@openehr.org
http://lists.chime.ucl.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/openehr-technical