On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 05:50:20PM +0000, 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 project for operating on a commercial basis. So far, offers > have been made to many of the copyright holders that we would make a > locked module for them, and supply it to them free of charge so that > they could then arrange their own distribution. None of them have as > yet taken up this option.
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. > Once again, could I say that a number of publishers (copyright holders) > have been deeply upset by the cavalier attitude of some correspondents > who have told them in the nastiest possible way that it is immoral to > earn a living by selling the bible. Please - if you write to copyright > holders, try to be very restrained, and leave them the right to earn a > crust or two! > > Remember what Paul says about the Ox on the threshing floor! Yes. And remember that he never said the ox owned what he threshed. 8) --B _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel
