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Bug#541245: ITP: WorldVistA EHR -- WorldVistA EHR is a repackage and extended version of VistA produced by WorldVistA



> ...WorldVistA EHR is a repackaged and extended version of the VistA
> health care information system (HIS) developed by the US Department of
> Veterans Affairs, and in the public domain through the US Freedom of
> Information Act.

No.  It is in the public domain through the US Copyright Act[1].  FOIA
merely gave you access to a copy of it (assuming that was how it was
acquired: a brief search does not support that claim).


[1] Assuming that it was written entirely by US Government employees on
government time.
-- 
John Hasler



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