Open-Source License

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Last updated: Mar 07, 2019 by Daryl Chertcoff
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CDS Framework Base License

NYC DOHMH owns the copyright for both the ICE Web Service and the following CDS Framework plugins - Core, CDS, Rule, and ICE. NYC DOHMH has open-sourced this software under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 3. LGPL is one of several standard open source licenses that are commonly used by open source software projects. For legal guidance consult an attorney. A few of the most notable aspects of this license include the following:

  • Software that is released under the LGPL may be freely integrated with any other software (including proprietary and commercial software). Integrating LGPL software (including the ICE Web Service or CDS Administration Tool) with any other 3rd party software, does not impact the copyright of that 3rd party software.
  • Anyone may freely modify LGPL software. However, all modifications to LGPL software (including the ICE Web Service or CDS Administration Tool) must be freely shared with the open source community.
  • No fees or royalties are charged for utilizing, integrating with, modifying, or distributing software that is released under LGPL. 
  • There is no warranty for software released under LGPL.


License (Included in File Headers)

Copyright (C) 2019 New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Bureau of Immunization Contributions by HLN Consulting, LLC

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/> for more details.

The above-named contributors (HLN Consulting, LLC) are also licensed by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Bureau of Immunization to have (without restriction, limitation, and warranty) complete irrevocable access and rights to this project.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS, IF ANY, OR DEVELOPERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES, OR OTHER LIABILITY OF ANY KIND, ARISING FROM, OUT OF, OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

For more information about this software, see http://cdsframework.org or send correspondence to ice@cdsframework.org.

For a copy of the full LGPL v3 license, visit the GNU LGPL v3 site.

SHARPS DS2 License

 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois owns the copyright of the CDS Framework /wiki/spaces/CAT/pages/15007806 plugin as well as the other projects hosted under the SHARPS DS2 site. The SHARPS DS2 software is licensed under the BSD 3-Clause License.


Any questions email: info@cdsframework.org