Some of you might have seen or used already GoBible. It is a small JME programme for mobile phones capable of displaying and searching a single Bible. A while back the developer (Jolon) decided to lay open the source and dedicate the programme (actual programme and module creator) to teh public domain.
To create a module a B/C/V endoded OSIS file or a similar THML file is required - this then is stripped of all markup and packed into a long textfile with an associated index file + the programming logic - all in one jar. In a way they are a sword module stripped down to the absolute minimum with attached reader, suitable for mobile phones. They do work wonderful. David Haslam who often posts here with new sources for all kinds of Bibles has produced a sheer endless number of GoBible modules There are several unconnected hosting sites and GoBible creators about, but David is probably the currently most active - and the one closest linked to Sword. We have a fair number of Bibles which are only distributable via Crosswire due to to the permissions given to us - but expanding our work into GoBible would seem like a natural extension to what Crosswire does anyway. Should we not consider a) creating GoBible modules ourselves and hosting them from Crosswire server where permissions are not there to allow others to create and distribute? b) approaching GoBible developers for more general collaboration? I think particularly in copyright matters it is a shame if every single open source project needs to approach copyright holders again and again - and it is a particular shame when projects are so obviously mutually enhancing and not at all detracting. What do you think? Peter _______________________________________________ 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
