Re: [sword-devel] Bishop 1.7.0 released.

2021-01-01 Thread jhphx
load little "getting started" videos, as you suggest. I think that would be ideal. Are you offering to make one? ;) Troy On December 31, 2020 8:48:20 AM MST, jhphx wrote:     Happy New Year to you also!     1.7.0 looks good so far. Just installed more modules. I like the     Lang

Re: [sword-devel] Bishop 1.7.0 released.

2020-12-31 Thread jhphx
Space and bandwidth would seem to be the main considerations. Jerry On 12/31/2020 7:40 AM, Troy A. Griffitts wrote: Thank you, Jerry! Hope you are well. Happy New Year! Troy On December 31, 2020 7:32:38 AM MST, jhphx wrote: I deleted the old test flight version then download 1.7.0 from the

Re: [sword-devel] Bishop 1.7.0 released.

2020-12-31 Thread jhphx
I deleted the old test flight version then download 1.7.0 from the Apple App Store. Language Assist seems to work for me. IPhone 11 IOS 14.3 Jerry On 12/31/2020 2:51 AM, Fr Cyrille wrote: Hello Troy, I don't know what happened, but with the new version of bishop I have nothing displayed when

Re: [sword-devel] Fwd: Bible in Basic English - Out of Copyright

2020-03-12 Thread jhphx
Good to know. Thanks for checking into it. Jerry On 3/12/2020 8:03 AM, Michael H wrote: FYI: Status of the Bible in BASIC English is Public Domain Worldwide, according to the original publisher. -- Forwarded message - From: *Reitha Pattison* >

Re: [sword-devel] Bible in Basic English

2020-03-07 Thread jhphx
It may have been published at one time with copyright notice and another without. The Public Domain claim was suppose to be due to a 1965 publication of it. Find such a copy without copyright and that would establish that it then went out of copyright in the US. That is my understanding but I c

Re: [sword-devel] Genbooks

2019-06-20 Thread jhphx
My take on this is that the TomTom FAT32 use is not necessarily relevant. It depends. If you build CHM technology into the engine then that would probably be relevant, but if you use Windows to display CHM then it is probably not relevant. The Sword Project for Windows used CHM for its help fil

Re: [sword-devel] Audio projects? (Video projects?)

2019-01-21 Thread jhphx
It may be of interest to some that In any region the local sign language probably has a different grammar than the spoken language(s). Different sign language dialects may exist in a region with only one spoken language. Different English speaking countries have different sign languages even mo

Re: [sword-devel] Wiki writers - attention

2018-01-08 Thread jhphx
For those that may not know, there are auto utilities to check websites or lists of pages for broken links and then generate a nice report on the nature of the bad links. That report could even be posted, perhaps on its own page. Jerry On 1/8/2018 2:22 AM, David Haslam wrote: Dead links are

Re: [sword-devel] Introducing myself, SwordHammer, and asking a ton of questions

2017-12-23 Thread jhphx
On 12/23/2017 7:28 AM, Tom Sullivan wrote:  A rather famous case is where a mobile home (house on wheels) was called "Holiday Rambler." American Motors (now defunct) sued because they had a car called "Rambler." They lost because the products were so unlike one another. It may be worth noting

Re: [sword-devel] The future of BPBible

2016-04-05 Thread jhphx
Perhaps that page could show that a new person to maintain and develop it is wanted. Jerry On 4/5/2016 7:02 AM, David Haslam wrote: Moved BPBible link to https://crosswire.org/wiki/Frontends:No_longer_being_actively_developed ___ sword-devel mai

Re: [sword-devel] Hosting non-US public domain modules

2016-01-22 Thread jhphx
What you say is in line with what I remember to be the case. But I haven't checked in a long time. There is also DMCA which criminalizes the act of circumventing an access control even for PD texts. This only means one has to be careful about how one obtains the PD texts. One of the treaties,

Re: [sword-devel] BibleCS-1.7.2

2015-08-15 Thread jhphx
I also did not know 1.7.3 had been released. The last version I had was an earlier prerelease test version. I also installed over the old version but on Win 7. Updated some modules with Install Manager. I have not tried much else yet but did try the indexed searching. I built indexes for WEB,

[sword-devel] Windows 10 persona data collection?

2015-08-01 Thread jhphx
I installed Win 10 but haven't put anything on it yet. The process of going through the settings made me aware of how much personal data Win 10 and the apps can collect. While this is really not new, phones have been doing a lot of the same things, it made me wonder about people using apps on d

Re: [sword-devel] BibleCS-1.7.2

2014-02-10 Thread jhphx
It came up running. I didn't test all the features but I did check the dictionary lookup, which if I remember correctly had been an issue before, it seemed to work fine but I don't remember exactly what the old issue was. InstallManager also came up but I didn't try to install anything. Is ther

Re: [sword-devel] KJV 1611

2013-12-14 Thread jhphx
Printers at that time did a number of things that would be surprising to us today. Also, things like spellings were not as officially fixed as they are now. That means that being "faithful to the text", and/or translators, is not as clear of an objective, with texts that old, as it is with some

Re: [sword-devel] Sword support of indents and line breaks

2013-04-13 Thread jhphx
On 4/13/2013 3:33 AM, John Austin wrote: It has been demonstrated through such comprehension testing, that indeed indents are important to achieving the best comprehension. Presentation is often chosen to increase comprehension. Does that make it content? Whatever you call it, the translat

Re: [sword-devel] BibleCS 1.7.0RC1

2013-01-28 Thread jhphx
On 1/28/2013 5:39 PM, Troy A. Griffitts wrote: ... Thanks for the bug report about the parallel view ... It seems to be working now. Jerry ___ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel

Re: [sword-devel] BibleCS 1.7.0RC1

2013-01-28 Thread jhphx
On 1/28/2013 7:03 PM, David Troidl wrote: Hi Troy, ... In Hebrew it's nothing but gibberish. Whatever I try to look up comes up with a 56xx entry in the Hebrew dictionary. David, what Hebrew dictionary are you trying to use? With yesterday's version I had a problem with StrongsGreek but I

Re: [sword-devel] BibleCS 1.7.0RC1

2013-01-27 Thread jhphx
On 1/27/2013 1:44 PM, Troy A. Griffitts wrote: Have a go and let me know if you see anything which needs updating before posting this publicly: http://crosswire.org/sword/alpha/alpha/sword-win32-1.7.0RC1.exe It took me a bit to realize that it didn't install to the directory I had been us

Re: [sword-devel] Finding out copyright programatically

2013-01-13 Thread jhphx
On 1/13/2013 11:20 AM, Jonathon wrote: Actually, I'd go further, and suggest that the conf file should contain the entire set of Dublin Core Meta Data Elements. jonathon Thanks, I found: http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/ interesting and worth looking at. Jerry _

Re: [sword-devel] local cache of module text

2013-01-08 Thread jhphx
On 1/7/2013 6:22 PM, Daniel Hughes wrote: ... Am I allowed to pull the text out of the sword module once it is installed (using the sword libs) and put it in my local sqlite database. This would be the lest path of resistance for getting sword module support in my application. It would also li

Re: [sword-devel] ISV status?

2013-01-06 Thread jhphx
On 1/6/2013 1:54 AM, Andrew Thule wrote: I'm currently reviewing its contents to ensure no module exclusive to Crosswire was available. I will be putting it back up on completion of my review. ... I am not sure how you think being exclusive to Crosswire works in this context, but, IF:

Re: [sword-devel] DSS (Biblical Dead Sea Scrolls based upon DJD translations)

2012-11-14 Thread jhphx
On 11/14/2012 11:28 AM, Andrew Thule wrote: Jerry, with respect to Copyright law 'derivative' work is permitted as fair use. This has been the problem with this whole thread, people are willing to recognize the module as dervative work but refuse to believe the law permits derivative work as '

Re: [sword-devel] DSS (Biblical Dead Sea Scrolls based upon DJD translations)

2012-11-13 Thread jhphx
On 11/13/2012 11:40 AM, Andrew Thule wrote: "A work consisting of editorial revisions, annotations, elaborations, or other modifications, which, as a whole, represent an original work of authorship, is a “derivative work” which is clearly the case here. This module contains annotations, elabora

Re: [sword-devel] DSS (Biblical Dead Sea Scrolls based upon DJD translations)

2012-11-10 Thread jhphx
se, as I have already pointed out and as others have pointed out. Jerry The source material I've used is both exempt (according to the law) and the derivative work in accordance with the law even if it weren't exempt. ~A On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 6:39 PM, jhphx <mailto:jh..

Re: [sword-devel] DSS (Biblical Dead Sea Scrolls based upon DJD translations)

2012-11-08 Thread jhphx
On 11/8/2012 9:26 AM, Andrew wrote: The US definition of 'Fair Use': http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#107 § 107 . Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106a, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by ...

Re: [sword-devel] mirrors

2012-04-15 Thread jhphx
I think there are going to be people who will do or will want to do these kind of things. So, ignore them, block them, or help them do the best they can and make as little mess and problems for Crosswire as possible? Perhaps the first thing needed is information on what can and can not be done

Re: [sword-devel] Kindle/Nook Format

2012-04-14 Thread jhphx
Andrew Thule wrote: I've been playing with how Sword software deals with FTP repositories. I don't know if I've broached rules in doing this but I did this for two reasons. I wanted to get test modules onto my iPad and used the repository to do that for testing purposes. I also wanted to p

Re: [sword-devel] Websites

2012-04-10 Thread jhphx
On 4/10/2012 6:01 AM, Mike Hart wrote: I completely agree that for anyone on this list, getting any text onto an e-reader is trivial. However, 99.9% of the world does not have that knowledge, and getting homework, or Bible texts, onto a Kobo e-ink slate is beyond their competence. Which is w

Re: [sword-devel] BibleCS Windows RC (Re: Xiphos 3.1.5 is released)

2012-02-22 Thread jhphx
David, Thanks for the wiki page link. Jerry On 2/22/2012 2:10 AM, David Haslam wrote: Jerry, You'll find connection details for all known repositories in this wiki page: http://crosswire.org/wiki/Module_Repositories Plus information about places where third parties have made modules - but wi

Re: [sword-devel] BibleCS Windows RC (Re: Xiphos 3.1.5 is released)

2012-02-22 Thread jhphx
I ran into some bugs. I used Installmanager to do download a copy of KJVA and that went OK but selecting another and trying to download that caused Windows to shut down Installmamager. I opened KJVA and then selected Tobit from the drop down menu. That went OK, but trying to change the activ

Re: [sword-devel] BibleCS Windows RC (Re: Xiphos 3.1.5 is released)

2012-02-21 Thread jhphx
I did do an update of one module using the Installmanager from the Installmanager ZIP. I opened the module afterwards without a problem. I will test some more. I haven't followed which alternate versification modules are ready for testing. Someone please point me to an English module and repos

Re: [sword-devel] BibleCS Windows RC (Re: Xiphos 3.1.5 is released)

2012-02-21 Thread jhphx
On 2/21/2012 7:50 AM, Troy A. Griffitts wrote: Well, I've posted a few release candidates at the usual place and asked for feedback but hadn't gotten any. ... I did of copy over of the files from the ZIPs to an old installation on Win7. After doing a quick try of some menu options things

Re: [sword-devel] SUMMARY TO DATE [load v11n from file]

2011-07-16 Thread jhphx
On 7/16/2011 12:03 PM, DM Smith wrote: It is possible at least in part. Just define a v11n with 200 chapters per book and 200 verses per book. This doesn't handle alternate book order. I used 200 but any suitably large number would work. The other problem is that verse++ at the real end of a c

Re: [sword-devel] CrossWire news

2011-02-14 Thread jhphx
Core will probably suggest different meanings to different people. It could relate to a core of people or to a core of code. I don't think you specifically want to people to just think core code. I am not sure what you want but maybe it is along the lines of, Society, Association, or Organizati

Re: [sword-devel] Config file for thml module

2010-11-28 Thread jhphx
On 11/28/2010 3:05 AM, Jonathan Morgan wrote: Hi David, See http://www.ccel.org/about/copyright.html. CCEL are not claiming copyright on the text (which is public domain). What they are claiming copyright on is the XML markup (references, sections, ...). This XML markup is the version we w

Re: [sword-devel] Volunteer for Data Harvesting Palaeographic Tables

2010-11-10 Thread jhphx
Peter von Kaehne wrote: Not immediately volunteering Troy, the pages are very regular and neatly black and white. The main problem is that they are not completely straight. Don't hold me to this but I believe Gimp allows for an arbitrary angle of rotation. Seems like I have something he

Re: [sword-devel] Volunteer for Data Harvesting Palaeographic Tables

2010-11-10 Thread jhphx
On 11/10/2010 9:18 AM, Troy A. Griffitts wrote: We have a project here at ITSEE which could really use the data from the out-of-copyrighted work available here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Das_Buch_der_Schrift_%28Faulmann%29_186.jpg Pages 186 - 192 ... You just want those images sp

Re: [sword-devel] Hyphens in book names

2010-09-30 Thread jhphx
Best practice and convention are important and pointing out why something breaks them is not just pedantic. Structure and order in these things helps leads to code and standards that are clear and efficient. It can however also lead to code and standards that are less flexible and usable in si

Re: [sword-devel] OSIS: Catholic bible Louis-Claude Fillion

2010-05-17 Thread jhphx
Wolfgang Schultz wrote: Hello, There isn't new Copyright on a digital file that only contains the unchanged text of the expired work. (keine Schöpffungshöhe = kein Werk=kein Urheberecht). This is an urban legend. ... Copyright does not protect the "sweat of the brow" but other laws some

Re: [sword-devel] need we bookmarks/history storage standart?

2010-03-23 Thread jhphx
On 3/23/2010 9:33 AM, Konstantin Maslyuk wrote: What bookmarking service is preferable for such task? There is any public data synchronization service? Or we could create own on crosswire.org? I think an interesting way to do it, that combines another recent idea about bibliographic infor

Re: [sword-devel] Quoting Sword modules in essays

2010-03-13 Thread jhphx
On 3/13/2010 12:47 PM, Daniel Owens wrote: ... programs like Zotero have BibTeX export, so it would be very easy to create a BibTeX entry, assuming that you have accurate information about the edition upon which a module is based. It would be cool if front-ends offered the ability to create a c

[sword-devel] Crashes Was: experimental repository & new ...

2009-10-06 Thread jhphx
That's a good reason, right. But then even in beta is a potential risk of applications crashing when loading a module and on startup when the module is automatically loaded because it still is stored in the session. We can make sure that every module in beta does at least load correctly on t

Re: [sword-devel] maps

2009-09-10 Thread jhphx
One thing to keep in mind about maps and copyright is that as with all copyrights facts are not what is copyrighted. The location of towns, rivers, roads and other factual features of geography are not copyrightable. It is other things about a map, such as the legend, that are protected by copy

Re: [sword-devel] RSV/NRSV: Nope.

2009-08-23 Thread jhphx
Mike Hart wrote: ... In this work published in the United States, the copyright statement declares "copyright 1946/ International Council of Religious Education/to insure the purity of the text". ... I am not a lawyer either but it seems to me that providing justification for a copyright

Re: [sword-devel] Wiki Misrepresentation

2009-08-03 Thread jhphx
I think that if you look at other sections of the FAQ you will come to the conclusion that while the new code of the frontend may only need to be GPL-compatible, it could also as a derivative need to be GPL, and either way the combined code must be GPL. So yes, the frontend must be GPL or GPL-c

Re: [sword-devel] KJV Beta issue

2009-06-14 Thread jhphx
Ben Morgan wrote: BPBible 0.4.4 currently displays a pilcrow without a space after it, as that is what is in the text. BPBible 0.5 will turn these into paragraphs, as that is what they represent. But does a pilcrow represent a paragraph or is it that they represent the same or similar things,

Re: [sword-devel] Notice in licence agreement

2009-04-24 Thread jhphx
Eeli Kaikkonen wrote: ... The point is to tell shortly what they can do: obtain and use it freely for almost any purpose. AND that distributing is allowed within certain limits. My clause about distributing is too limited as was pointed out. However, it's not legally binding and it still tells

Re: [sword-devel] Question about Public Domain

2009-03-17 Thread jhphx
Chris wrote: You need to look at the question immediately following the one you link. I'll quote: Q: If a library is released under the GPL (not the LGPL), does that mean that any program which uses it has to be under the GPL? A: Yes, because the program as it is actually run includes the lib

Re: [sword-devel] Question about Public Domain

2009-03-17 Thread jhphx
Having just reread the the GPL v2 FAQ I say, Chris got it exactly right. But, I understand why Jonathan said he is wrong. Lets take what Chris said in two parts. 1) Chris said,  "To say that a license is GPL compatible means that code licensed under that license may be incorporated in/used by

Re: [sword-devel] GnomeSword is dead. Long live Xiphos.

2009-01-28 Thread jhphx
Karl wrote: ... The name chosen by a committee of about a dozen is Xiphos, ... Nice name. There is a Xiphos.com, Project Xiphos, and a Xiphos font. Jerry ___ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/list

Re: [sword-devel] Concerns about Alternate Versification

2009-01-06 Thread jhphx
Eeli wrote: Should the frontend give possibility to change the default v11n? Users may have accustomed to a certain scheme and would like to use it for all modules so that they can use their favorite translation and still find references in other modules easily. IMO: It would be good if the

Re: [sword-devel] New SWORD website - update

2008-12-31 Thread jhphx
Troy wrote: ... deleted text... Maybe some wiki pages, like project blubs, can be automatically and regularly pulled from the wiki and saved on the 'static' site (I like the 'pulled' idea you mention because it keeps our site useful in the case of something rare happening, like the wiki not be

Re: [sword-devel] New SWORD website - update

2008-12-31 Thread jhphx
Chris wrote: I guess logic would dictate that the Wiki is dead and we should move entirely to static pages. Both forms of pages have their place for the purposes of displaying these informative pages. There are those for whom Wikis are the web. Others find Wikis aesthetically and functional

Re: [sword-devel] CrossWire website up and running

2008-12-10 Thread jhphx
Peter wrote: > I like my icon bar for looking at software categories, but am not > conviced yet by its handling. If someone has an idea how to make it less > jumpy I would be grateful. > I like it too. I am a bit slow though and don't alway suspect icons of hiding links I am interested in. Th

Re: [sword-devel] Website: "help" direction + improved blurbs

2008-12-04 Thread jhphx
Brian wrote: Should we have a "crosswire.ru" site?  One of the good things about open source projects is that by nature they encourage horizontal development instead of only vertical. Do we need to "send" the web site to Russia or just the idea? I think one of the best things that could b

Re: [sword-devel] Website: "help" direction + improved blurbs

2008-12-03 Thread jhphx
I wonder if there would be a way to dynamically generate a list of applications from a user's preference. Let them select device type, platform and language. Applications could come up under any combination that they fit. The area for selecting could have some logos and country flags and such.

Re: [sword-devel] Maintaining Module Creation Sources and Scripts

2008-11-29 Thread jhphx
DM Smith wrote: Perhaps a .conf file entry for Repository= entry also. I'm not sure I understand this. What does this refer and how is it needed. For modules that are only on alternative repositories it could be used to generate an indication that the module for some r

Re: [sword-devel] summary

2008-11-29 Thread jhphx
DM Smith wrote: > For material that is "out-of-print", I think we should also indicate > that. For example, our conf's still indicate that Bible Foundation > should be contacted for corrections and for the source. They point > everyone to the SWORD project for the authoritative sources. We do

Re: [sword-devel] Maintaining Module Creation Sources and Scripts

2008-11-29 Thread jhphx
Troy wrote: > ...I guess the general answer to that is that the > .conf file SHOULD have a valid TextSource= entry pointing to where the > source was obtained. ... Perhaps a .conf file entry for Repository= entry also. Jerry ___ sword-devel mailing

Re: [sword-devel] summary

2008-11-28 Thread jhphx
DM Smith wrote: > ... Additional > motivation comes from the loss of primary sources, e.g. Bible > Foundation. ... Funny thing. Many web sites at the time seemed to have the same files for downloading that BF had. The pages on those sites made it seems as if they were housing them too. One o

Re: [sword-devel] summary

2008-11-28 Thread jhphx
Matthew wrote: > 2. The sword project should maintain sources via svn of at the very > least the public domain resources. There is very clear community > consensus on this point as well. > If by sources and resources you mean texts, then I have to question this. Maybe you are right but there a

Re: [sword-devel] Taming Wild Threads

2008-11-27 Thread jhphx
Daniel wrote: > ... I'm afraid, though, that we will have to > create this documentation ourselves. ... I suggest that documentation be provided in three levels. Minimal, provides the minimum needed to validate. Basic, commonly used. Full, all of Minimal and Basic plus anything and everything n

Re: [sword-devel] Taming Wild Threads

2008-11-27 Thread jhphx
Chris wrote: > ...I'm less excited about delving into a queue > full of un-validated content. > > The moral being: validated content can generally move into the > repository relatively quickly. > Perhaps there could be a place for authors to submit modules for validating, or even prevalidati

Re: [sword-devel] Fw: Luganda Bible

2008-10-28 Thread jhphx
. jhphx wrote: Peter von Kaehne wrote: 2) permission by the copyright holders or the firm knowledge that a given text is now legally in the public domain. Not all Sword modules are PD. Jerry ___ sword-devel mailing

Re: [sword-devel] Fw: Luganda Bible

2008-10-28 Thread jhphx
Peter von Kaehne wrote: > 2) permission by the copyright holders or the firm knowledge that a > given text is now legally in the public domain. > Not all Sword modules are PD. Jerry ___ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www

Re: [sword-devel] Publication: a working processus?

2008-07-31 Thread jhphx
David wrote: > There is so much in-house jargon known only to seasoned Crosswire > volunteers, that I sometimes despair of making any progress towards becoming > an effective helper. > Perhaps there should be a sword-devel glossary. Jerry ___ swor

Re: [sword-devel] Cross-references module

2008-06-23 Thread jhphx
asrael wrote: > How would you strip out the comments? I think Troy has answered this better than I could. I suppose one could do this and also go the new module route. If this feature is implemented in front ends it may be nice to have modules that complement it, but you could use it on any mod

Re: [sword-devel] Cross-references module

2008-06-22 Thread jhphx
Manfred Bergmann wrote: > I would like to have a subview somewhere in the bible view that shows > the cross-references of the verses that are currently displayed. When > the bible view is scrolled, the cross-reference view is synched in > scrolling so that one can always see cross-references

Re: [sword-devel] Download statistics from server

2008-06-15 Thread jhphx
Peter von Kaehne wrote: > ... I need to report from time to time back to > them how many have been downloaded. ... > I was once also required to do this kind of thing but it was not connected to the Sword Project. It was my contention that for various reasons I could not guarantee an exact nu

Re: [sword-devel] Russian Bible software in zipped HTML repositories

2008-06-13 Thread jhphx
Chris Little wrote: > ..I'm not sure that there's much value in yet another 19th to > early 20th century English translation.) ... > I can understand saying that, however, with the talk about being able to search multiple modules there may be a reason. If there are versus with uniquely trans

Re: [sword-devel] OpenScriptureFormats.org

2008-05-21 Thread jhphx
help Bible publishers maintain interoperability is explicitly provided for. Daniel Holmlund On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 7:45 AM, jhphx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are these EULAs valid? When this become a matter of reverse engineering the DCMA also needs to be considered if the inf

Re: [sword-devel] OpenScriptureFormats.org

2008-05-20 Thread jhphx
> Are these EULAs valid? When this become a matter of reverse engineering the DCMA also needs to be considered if the information is protected by something like encryption. Jerry ___ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.cr

Re: [sword-devel] Withdrawn SWORD modules?

2008-04-27 Thread jhphx
DM Smith wrote: I think our goal is to work with publishers to obtain their permission to distribute their work. Doing what we can to protect their interests is in everyone's best interest. There is a FAQ at Archive.org: How can I remove my site's pages from the Wayback Machine?

Re: [sword-devel] Withdrawn SWORD modules?

2008-04-27 Thread jhphx
DM Smith wrote: > ... It is hit or miss as to whether a particular file is present or > not, or corrupt or not. ... That is surprising. I can understand linking directly to the files on the original site as long as those files match the page as it was when archived. I can also understand linkin

Re: [sword-devel] Neural Networks and Optical Character Recognition

2008-04-26 Thread jhphx
Greg Hellings wrote: > ... I would imagine that paper->digital conversion is also covered) > may copyright that transformation. ... IANAL, but as I understand it, in a nutshell, the US copyright system, (Who knows outside of that scope), was intended to protect creative expression not "sweat of

Re: [sword-devel] Withdrawn SWORD modules?

2008-04-26 Thread jhphx
David Haslam wrote: > ...can still be downloaded by using the http://web.archive.org/ Did you actually download a module from the Wayback Machine? I thought, but could easily be wrong, that they only indexed the web pages but not data files they link to. Jerry __

Re: [sword-devel] RSS feed

2008-03-27 Thread jhphx
jhphx wrote: > The link Chris provided does not work for me as a live bookmark in > Firefox and is not found by Sage in Firefox. Both of these now work. Jerry ___ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/m

Re: [sword-devel] RSS feed

2008-03-27 Thread jhphx
David Haslam wrote: > Of more general use, for Firefox users is the GreaseMonkey script called > http://zoehep.xent.com/~bsittler/rsspanel.html RSS Panel X . > > This already works fine for these Nabble forums. And it is configurable. > The link Chris provided does not work for me as a live bo

Re: [sword-devel] Piracy ........

2008-03-19 Thread jhphx
Barry Drake wrote: > I've just responded to a Sword Support message about an outfit called CD > Earth wanting to charge $15 for Sword Software. The site referred to is > at: http://www.cdearth.com/bible-software.htm > That site is also redirected to from FREESOFTWARECD.NET. When I try eithe

Re: [sword-devel] need help on a project

2008-01-27 Thread jhphx
Wade Maxfield wrote: > >The GPL has provisions in it that allow people to charge an > unspecified "transfer fee" for transferring the software to them. > Once they receive the software, they are free to take it, modify it, > and transfer the unmodified or newly modified code to a new person

Re: [sword-devel] Tagging verses and verse lists

2007-12-02 Thread jhphx
Jonathan, those are some good suggestions. I would like to suggest that if nothing else is done at this time perhaps some additions to the SWORD Verse List File .SVL Format could be made. These files are simple text files and can be edited in most editors if the .SVL is preserved. At lest in Bi

Re: [sword-devel] new BibleCS build

2007-10-21 Thread jhphx
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:   I've been waiting for this build.  My desktop just crashed, and I want to install the latest.  But where is the 'usual place'? The "usual" alpha place is: http://www.crosswire.org/sword/ALPHAcckswwlkrfre22034820285912 Jerry

Re: [sword-devel] GPL 3 licencing issues

2007-07-16 Thread jhphx
Chris Little wrote: > Another option is to write a GPL (2 or 3) derivative license that adds > some additional restrictions ... Can you include work released under 2 or 3 that was licensed without the additional restrictions in a work that has the additional restrictions. I didn't think that ki

Re: [sword-devel] FAQ

2007-06-12 Thread jhphx
Eeli Kaikkonen wrote: > I think it's important to update the documentation in many places. Where > do people find our contact info? The most important could be the BibleCS > help files. They are a bit old. After I did the help files for BibleCS I became involved with other things and priorities c

Re: [sword-devel] Searching

2007-04-02 Thread jhphx
Chris Little wrote: > If you run indexing on your text, you can use the Lucene search syntax > for more complex searches. If I should ever get around to updating the Sword for Windows help, do we still want it in CHM format or should we consider making it a gen book module? The benefit of havin

Re: [sword-devel] -- Spam --Re: dynamic versification

2007-03-13 Thread jhphx
Jonathon Blake wrote: > Of course, Prayer Azariah is the simple case. The big issue is with > Esther and Greek Esther. I'd suggest tackling that one first. [My > solution is to simply treat Esther, and Greek Esther as two different > books, making no attempt to map them to each other.] If I under

Re: [sword-devel] Sword CS and about info

2007-03-05 Thread jhphx
Adrian Korten wrote: > g'day, > > Is it possible to set the display font for the BibleCS Help about > display? I can't answer on the Help About question, however, if you are ever interested in changing the information in the Help Contents the text is in HTML files that have been compiled into t

Re: [sword-devel] -- Spam --Re: Copying scripture quickly for presentation

2007-02-17 Thread jhphx
Jari Strand wrote: > It's an interesting idea but I was thinking of rather making a new external > app (like the install manager) that would open up for displaying the verse. > Why not just give the Verse List a View menu that contains a presentation option. All it needs to do is make the bot

[sword-devel] Not spam- sorry--Re: Copying scripture quickly for presentation

2007-02-09 Thread jhphx
Sorry about that subject line. Cox puts than on all the mail from list server. Jerry ___ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above

Re: [sword-devel] -- Spam --Re: Copying scripture quickly for presentation

2007-02-09 Thread jhphx
Jonathon Blake wrote: > I don't have the time to work on it now, but would would output in > Open Document Format be acceptable? I noticed that Open XML Translator 1.0 was just released this week. It is a plug in for Office thats allows the use of ODF files. As I understand it, that project has

Re: [sword-devel] -- Spam --Re: NET bible and Sword .........

2007-01-17 Thread jhphx
Chris Little wrote: > This list, sword-devel, only permits subscribers to post, but it doesn't > have any spam problems. > No spam but because of the lists from the same domain that do, it gets marked as spam, bounced, or stuck in some web trashcan, at least by cox.net. Jerry __

Re: [sword-devel] -- Spam -- NET bible and Sword .........

2007-01-17 Thread jhphx
Barry Drake wrote: > ...Sword support list as it was generating so much spam that > my ISP started bouncing messages ... I also had that problem and also that cox.net was for over six months dumping this list into a web junk folder. I almost never check web mail so it was deleted automatically

[sword-devel] Hello, Rod!

2006-03-20 Thread jhphx
My friend, Rod, has subscribed to this list and is interested in making modules. Rod has produced etexts of various public domain texts. He is interested in producing Sword modules from them. Some would be bible format, and some would be gen. book format (church history and early writings). I h

Re: [sword-devel] KJV 2006 - 3rd beta

2006-03-20 Thread jhphx
DM Smith wrote: I have readied another beta. Please take a look at it for problems with these changes and prior ones. There is still more to be done (fixing punctuation and spelling mistakes) so no need to report these yet. As you noted there are differences in the texts often used today and th

Re: [sword-devel] Rahlfs LXX

2005-10-05 Thread jhphx
Chris Little wrote: In the case of the LXX, it's underlyingly Rahlf's. No one would reasonably hope to claim any rights to Rahlf's. But the morph tagging & citation form data might be claimed by CCAT/CATSS, and as I recall their license isn't that restrictive. But do check to be sure. I have

Re: [sword-devel] BDB?

2005-09-25 Thread jhphx
Dickinson Smith wrote: ... Likewise. If an individual or group had legally obtained them, they became a "reliance party". I am not sure what you intended with that statement. As I understand it, "reliance party" has to do with making and distributing new copies. Under the right condition

Re: [sword-devel] Off Topic: NASB help

2005-07-09 Thread jhphx
Troy A. Griffitts wrote: All 'worship' or similar in NASB NT: http://crosswire.org/study/wordsearchresults.jsp?mod=NASB&searchTerm=%2Bworship%7E&stype=M&icase=1&range=mat-rev Thanks Troy. I didn't realize that the NASB was on that site. I am trying to help a friend and this may be it. Jer

Re: [sword-devel] Off Topic: NASB help

2005-07-09 Thread jhphx
Jonathon Blake wrote: Is a list of verses in which the word "worship" appears. Thanks Jonathon. ___ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your s

[sword-devel] Off Topic: NASB help

2005-07-08 Thread jhphx
This is off topic, but you guys are my best shot at an answer to a question. In the NASB what are all the Greek words translated "worship" and in what verses of the NASB. Also, list all the places that proskuneo (strong:4352 ) is the translated into English, worship or otherwise, in the NASB.

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