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Bug#541242: ITP: VistA -- Real time health care information system including electronic health record



On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 01:40:58PM -0400, K.S. Bhaskar wrote:

> It is in the public domain through the US Freedom of Information Act.

This a) doesn't belong in the package description, b) is false.  The FOIA
has no bearing on copyright; no work written by the US government is subject
to copyright, for reasons unrelated to the FOIA.

> Versions are also in use both in the US and internationally, including the
> US Department of Defense, the US Indian Health Service, the Mexican
> Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, etc.

I don't think this belongs in the package description either.

Cheers,
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