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  1. i2b2 Core Software
  2. CORE-260

i2b2 bespoke license risks costly legal review by potential users

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      The i2b2 / transmart foundation reminded me...

      At AMIA, I was talking with Leon Rozenblit of Prometheus Research after his panel presentation* and he reminded me that i2b2 has a bespoke license, which means potential users may have to spend legal resources reviewing it.

      When I first read the license, I thought it was MPL ( https://opensource.org/licenses/MPL-2.0 ) but in his experience, it's different enough that laywers have to study it. And now that I look at it, it is quite different.

      https://github.com/i2b2/i2b2-core-server/blob/dea27a2c0e483e6f9234c18569795b1bc47cf22e/edu.harvard.i2b2.crc/i2b2%20license%202.1-1159.txt

      I suggest you adopt an approved OSI license while you're changing the license to reflect copyright transfer to the i2b2 / transmart foundation. (The copyright is being transferred, yes?)

      * IIT08: Panel - Rigor and Reproducibility from Four Perspectives
      https://jointsummits2017.zerista.com/event/member/333796

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            jmd86 Janice Donahoe
            dconnolly Dan Connolly
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