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--- en:why-open-source [2014/07/06 03:57] – [We Have A Situation Here...] better layout nerdoc
+++ en:why-open-source [2018/03/18 12:34] (current) – [We believe in Free Software] Github->GitLab nerdoc
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 A medical software that is //not// OSS ([[http://opensource.org/osd|Open Source Software]]) nowadays means that the software can only be trusted to a certain extent. While this seems to sound like paranoia, the NSA scandal in 2013 has proven the opposite.
-Additionally despite having a data format for exporting/importing patient data, this is not very well standardized, and lacks of completeness: You are going to loose some patient data while switching your EMR. The current software companies have no real benefit of improving this interoperability - they would loose customers then.
+Additionally despite having an [[http://www.sozialversicherung.at/portal27/portal/esvportal/content/contentWindow?contentid=10008.555263|official data format for exporting/importing]] patient data, it is old, not very well standardized, and lacks completeness: You are going to loose some patient data when switching your EMR. The current software companies have no real benefit of improving this interoperability - they would loose customers then.
 So I want to state a few advantages of OSS and why we prefer it:
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 ===== Less software bugs =====
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-OSS has better software quality. Not always. But being open for everyone, more people are looking critically at the code. Badly written code can not be hidden as easily as in closed software.\\
+OSS has better software quality. Not always. But being open for everyone, more people are looking critically at the code. Badly written code can not be hidden as easily as in closed, proprietary software.\\
 Just imagine: **You would //not// try to make typography errors on your business card, would you?**[[http://softwareintegrity.coverity.com/rs/coverity/images/2013-Coverity-Scan-Report.pdf|Coverity Scan: OSS has better code quality
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 Software should not only be Open Source, it should also be //**free**// as in //**freedom**//. We think that free OSS offers the possibility that many small companies can take MedUX and build a support network for doctors - each company trying to make the software better, but having one standard base to build upon.
-So we encourage you to [[https://github.com/MedWorx/MedUX/fork|fork MedUX]], improve it, and give your improvements back, to make it even better.
+So we encourage you to [[https://gitlab.com/nerdocs/medux/MedUX|fork MedUX]] on GitLab, improve it, and give your improvements back, to make it even better.