--Greg
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While all of this discussion is very intirguing, it seems to be clear
to everyone now that the Sword developers want nothing to do with even
a hint of illegality that would surround creation of tools to import
copyright materials from other formats (a very sagacious position, in
my view). Therefore, is there any attemt to talk with copyright
holders of texts like the NIV, NRSV, and others to see if they would be
willing for a Sword module to be available. I would love the
ability to get a copy of Sword modules for texts such as those more
modern translations - either from Crosswire or directly from the
copyright holders and would be more than happy to pay for the fee that
such texts would cost, regardless of my thelogical position on charging
for the Word of God. So what is the status of talking to the
copyright holders? Is there any progress or do they all reject
the ideas out of hand? Is there a way we could make the idea more
intriguing to them (i.e. offer to create a module in Sword format and
give it to them for holding and distribution, etc)? Because it
really would be nice to have Sword modules of modern translations
available - either for hire or, through agreement, for gratis.
--Greg
--Greg
- Re: [sword-devel] host[ing] despite legality Greg Hellings
