Re: Applying for copyright maintainer - cease and desist Re: [sword-devel] One thing That I would like to see...

2005-08-23 Thread DM Smith
I realize that this is a late reply to this note, but I think that it pertains to the most recent thread regarding copyrights. Daniel if you meant it when you wrote it and if you still mean it, perhaps this would be a good time to help direct the activities of Jonathan and others. If they are

Re: Applying for copyright maintainer - cease and desist Re: [sword-devel] One thing That I would like to see...

2005-02-16 Thread Bryan L. Fordham
Daniel Glassey wrote: If you have $10,000 and can guarrantee royalties then they may discuss it with you - that is what Zondervan require. afaik Zondervan sell their own software with the NIV so I don't think they will sell a sword module themselves. There are more translations than the NIV so if Z

Re: Applying for copyright maintainer - cease and desist Re: [sword-devel] One thing That I would like to see...

2005-02-16 Thread DM Smith
I think that until locked modules are supported by crosswire that there should be no mention of them. As I poked around, looking in the application, the application's help, the web site's module pages, the web site's explanation of locked modules, the server's listing of zero length files which

Re: Applying for copyright maintainer - cease and desist Re: [sword-devel] One thing That I would like to see...

2005-02-16 Thread Chris Little
Daniel Glassey wrote: OK, subject to anyone objecting I am asking to take over copyright duties (I have emailed people already with some ideas but Troy is offline at the mo). I'm of two minds on this issue. On the one hand, I object to the idea of your taking over copyright duties because I fear

Applying for copyright maintainer - cease and desist Re: [sword-devel] One thing That I would like to see...

2005-02-16 Thread Daniel Glassey
Bryan L. Fordham wrote: On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 05:50:20PM +, Barry Drake wrote: The problem is that most of the copyright holders would be willing to negotiate an arrangement whereby The Sword Project would be allowed to purchase the right to sell modules. Unfortunately there is no provis

Re: [sword-devel] One thing That I would like to see...

2005-02-16 Thread Daniel Glassey
DM Smith wrote: Chris Little wrote: Based solely on this account, it seems that the representative from Tyndale is misinformed. First, while CrossWire might prefer to distribute translations for free, we certainly do not require this of publishers. We are willing to work with them to allow the s

Re: [sword-devel] One thing That I would like to see...

2005-02-16 Thread Bryan L. Fordham
On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 10:11:58AM -0900, Vonnahme, Nathan wrote: > > Has anyone tried arranging with one of the other Bible software vendors > who is already selling these translations to also sell downloadable > Sword modules? They've already got the infrastructure and licensing > worked out, a

RE: [sword-devel] One thing That I would like to see...

2005-02-16 Thread Vonnahme, Nathan
> I just sent off a request for permission to produce a Sword module > containing the NIV Bible. We'll see what they say. It would > obviously be a > third-party module that would have to be purchased. Has anyone tried arranging with one of the other Bible software vendors who is already selling

Re: [sword-devel] One thing That I would like to see...

2005-02-16 Thread Bryan L. Fordham
On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 05:50:20PM +, Barry Drake wrote: > The problem is that most of the copyright holders would be willing to > negotiate an arrangement whereby The Sword Project would be allowed to > purchase the right to sell modules. Unfortunately there is no provision > within the p

Re: [sword-devel] One thing That I would like to see...

2005-02-16 Thread Barry Drake
Hi there ... DM Smith wrote: Two questions regarding this: What changes would need to be made to Sword to allow the unlocking of a locked module? What progress has been made with publishers to provide locked translations? This has been said before, but I guess it's time to repeat it. Sword

Re: [sword-devel] One thing That I would like to see...

2005-02-16 Thread DM Smith
Chris Little wrote: Based solely on this account, it seems that the representative from Tyndale is misinformed. First, while CrossWire might prefer to distribute translations for free, we certainly do not require this of publishers. We are willing to work with them to allow the sale of Sword un

Re: [sword-devel] One thing That I would like to see...

2005-02-15 Thread JPKlingon
Seeing the letter from Tyndale, I can't see anything wrong with their response.   I was actually going to point out that there are certainly web versions of the NLT available for free.    This is quite useful and I've used it a lot myself, with  Lynn Allan's terrific InVerse Bible memory prog

Re: [sword-devel] One thing That I would like to see...

2005-02-15 Thread The Abbott Family
Now that I have someone from Crosswire.  I am going to now include the letter that I FIRST sent and e-mailed Tyndale.   To Whom It May Concern: I am writing to you today on behalf of the Crosswire Bible Society. They have created several software programs that can be used to study the Bible. They a

Re: [sword-devel] One thing That I would like to see...

2005-02-15 Thread Chris Little
Let me clear up a few possible misconceptions... The Abbott Family wrote: I would really like to see some of the modern Bible translations included in the Sword Project, like the NIV (New International Version) and the NLT (New Living Translation). I use the NLT alot but I don't have it on the

[sword-devel] One thing That I would like to see...

2005-02-15 Thread The Abbott Family
I would really like to see some of the modern Bible translations included in the Sword Project, like the NIV (New International Version) and the NLT (New Living Translation).   I use the NLT alot but I don't have it on the computer.    I realize that there are copyright issues and that Tyndale in