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

["K.S. Bhaskar" <ks.bhaskar@fnis.com>]

I stand corrected.  I'll update the description.

Regards
-- Bhaskar

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On 08/12/2009 02:36 PM, John Hasler wrote:
>  > ...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