Hi,
On 23 Oct 2007, at 11:52, Enrico Zini wrote:
On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 11:16:13AM +0100, Enrico Zini wrote:
Since I'm not at all familiar with the legacy of copyright laws
around
the British Royal Family, I'm setting the severity to normal, using
'could' in the subject and Cc-ing debian-devel. But I thought the
issue
was worth raising.
[it may be worth noting that I am "upstream" for this package, as
well as Debian maintainer]
The Authorized Version of the Bible isn't covered by Copyright in the
conventional sense. The Queen's Printer (currently Cambridge
University Press) has an exclusive commercial right to print the AV
(and the BCP, but that's not relevant here) in England; the
University Presses of Cambridge and Oxford University separately have
the privilege to print the Bible[1]; Collins are probably not meant
to print and sell Bibles in England, but no action has been taken
against them. It's not at all clear whether electronic copies are
covered.
Matthew
[1] http://www.btinternet.com/~akme/75cass1b.html
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