Re: Fwd: paper: Custom software development for use in a clinical laboratory
On Tue, 2014-05-20 at 12:46 -0400, Yaroslav Halchenko wrote:
> very interesting -- thanks for sharing.
Indeed.
> I wondered though, if such an
> in-lab software releases under FOSS license could then it be re-used or
> better built-upon in another lab without violating FDA/etc regulations?
Actually, they claim:
"Thus, there does not appear to be any current requirement to notify the
FDA if you are developing software for use within your own
institution, ..."
(Section: Validation, first paragraph, after the citation [16]).
In Europe it might be different, but AFAIK non-approved software often
can be used "under research protocol", which may require extra
explanations to the patient, and the signing of some forms about
agreeing to not sue the doctor.
> In-house developments resting on the work of FOSS projects are
> nice but is there a way those could contribute back to the ecosystem?
At the least one would hope that they contribute back by bug reporting
any maybe patches to the FOSS projects they use.
> What if such are exposed as 'services' and not 'software/devices' --
> could then they be re-used within current legal framework(s)?
I guess that boils down to the used license, cf., e.g.
https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/2007-03-29-gplv3-saas
best regards,
Gert
> On Tue, 20 May 2014, Andreas Tille wrote:
>
> > Hi,
>
> > I think this paper might also be of interest for readers of Debian Med
> > list ...
>
> > Kind regards
>
> > Andreas.
>
> > ----- Forwarded message from Ian Malone <ibmalone@gmail.com> -----
>
> > Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 12:22:21 +0100
> > From: Ian Malone <ibmalone@gmail.com>
> > To: FedoraMedical <medical-sig@lists.fedorahosted.org>
> > Subject: paper: Custom software development for use in a clinical laboratory
>
> > Hi, been a bit quiet here of late.
> > Anyway, was reading this this morning and thought it might be of
> > interest to some:
> > J Pathol Inform. 2012; 3: 44.
> > Published online Dec 20, 2012. doi: 10.4103/2153-3539.104906
> > PMCID: PMC3551490
>
> > Custom software development for use in a clinical laboratory
>
> > John H. Sinard* and Peter Gershkovich
> > http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3551490/
> > (Open Access)
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