Greg, Your recollections are underscored by this section of the CrossWire wiki User FAQ.
http://www.crosswire.org/wiki/EnduserFAQ#What_happened_to_the_Portuguese_module.3F What happened to the Portuguese module? See also http://www.crosswire.org/wiki/Module_Requests#Portuguese Module Requests#Portuguese AFIK, this situation has not substantially changed as regards Iberian Portuguese translations. There was some recent discussion about the legality of making a Brazilian Portuguese module, from a translation called simply, Português Biblia. Check with Karl - who has made a module and uploaded it to the Xiphos repository, with the name PorBiblia. -- David Greg Hellings wrote: > > Adriano, > > Two things are required: > > 1) A copy which may legally be converted into a module and distributed > (either a version without copyright, in the PD or for which the > copyright holders have given someone permission to create and > disseminate a copy). If the version you point to is, indeed, public > domain, then this criterion is satisfied. > > 2) Some person or group with the ability and time to create the > module, test it and verify it. As for the basics of how to get > started with this, you can see http://www.crosswire.org/wiki/Main_Page > on the right-hand side, information about Module Development. > Admittedly, the pages in that section are really written by the people > who know the process well both as a reminder to themselves and as a > help - but most of us who are on this list or involved with the Wiki > have created modules already or are technologically minded people. > Thus, you might find information missing or difficult to understand - > don't hesitate to ask on this list if you need more information, and > someone will answer and hopefully we will update the Wiki to correct > the deficiency. > > Once you have the module created, and it has been verified, tested for > technical and semantic correctness, and the people in charge of module > repositories are happy with the module, it will then be placed in the > public repositories for use by the general public. I seem to remember > us having a Portugese language Bible at some point in the past - if > it's not present any more, it is likely that the module was in > violation of some sort of copyright. Someone else will have to give a > definitive answer. But usually, if we don't have a module, that's > because no one has stepped forward and identified a source and created > a module from it. There are many possible reasons for that, as I'm > sure you can appreciate - unfamiliarity with the language, with the > legal requirements for copyright, with the myriad technical processes, > etc. > > --Greg > > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Adriano > Trentini<adriano_trent...@yahoo.com.br> wrote: >> Dear developers, >> Why there is not an available version of the Bible in Portuguese? >> What is necessary to develop it? Since we have an public domain Bible (as >> http://www.biblegateway.com/versions/index.php?action=getVersionInfo&vid=25), >> how to create the package? >> Thanks. >> >> ________________________________ >> Veja quais são os assuntos do momento no Yahoo! + Buscados: Top 10 - >> Celebridades - Música - Esportes >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Bible-in-Portuguese-tp25192823p25193421.html Sent from the SWORD Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ 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
