Eicke wrote: >But to provide a tool to build a module myself for my use only should be ok, as/when private usage is allowed.
If anybody creates for The Sword Project, similar to The Bible Import Tool for e-Sword, my advice is: i) Create a list exclusively to support/discuss the tool; ii) Ban all discussion/mention of it, on _all_ of the other Sword Project Support Lists; I'm making those two recommendations, because about once a quarter, somebody on one of the e-Sword support lists will go off about The Bible Import Tool. The resulting flames are not pleasant reading. The legal arguments in favor of its use are: i) Format shifting is legal; ii) Time shifting is legal; iii) The "Fair Use Doctrine" permits it; The legal arguments against its use are: i) It is a DCMA violation; ii) "Fair Use"; does not apply; iii) "Time Shifting" is irrelevant; iv) "Format Shifting" is blatant copyright infringement; I'll skip the theological arguments. [They tend to be even more divisive.] **** Thus far, I have seen no similar legal, or theological debate about the legitimacy of tools such as Biblos, for e-Sword. The big difference between Bible Import Tool, and Biblos, is that the former imports Bible from websites, whilst the latter imports from a text file on one's system. xan jonathon -- Does your Office Suite conform to ISO Standards? _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: [email protected] http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
