> Have you followed _any_ of the discussions on any of the e-Sword lists > about _The Bible Import Tool_?
No I had not, thank you for brining this to my attention. > i) More than one Bible publisher considers that it is a tool designed > specifically for copyright infringement. While I dont agree (much) I can understand that from their point of view. > ii) At least one online Bible website has specifically requested to be > excluded from the list of sites that it can import Bibles from. > > It can be a useful tool, but it raises a number of thorny issues. > Issues that are magnified when distributed under a GNU GPL: style > license. I understand the needs for these publishers to "protect their copyright" I cant help but wonder what the authors of the Scriptures would have to say about the way we handle them. We being society, not we being the open source and/or free software community(s). Anyhow would converting e-sword's JET modules into SWORD Modules be a legally feasible solution? _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
