Hi Thorsten, Any further thoughts or feedback on the points I raised?
Regards, -Roberto On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 08:13:56PM -0500, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > Hi Thorsten, > > The Sword modules are created using the process documented here: > > https://crosswire.org/wiki/DevTools:Modules > > The Matthew Henry Commentary upon which the Sword module is based is > located here: > > http://www.ccel.org/ccel/henry/mhc.html > > The CCEL text appears to only be available in PDF and TXT formats. The > CrossWire Wiki documents a process by which the source text is taken, > marked up, converted into the Sword module format, and then compressed. > The compression and module format conversion appear to be reversible. > However, I imagine that the markup process is done by hand and so that > is probably considered a creative work. Given the process described in > the wiki it seems reasonable to infer that the process begins the Public > Domain TXT source and not any other format. > > The module page for the Sword Modue itself is: > > http://crosswire.org/sword/modules/ModInfo.jsp?modName=MHC > > I interpret the "Distribution License: Public Domain" on that page to > include the text->compressed module conversion process. It seems to me > that taking the source in TXT format is explicitly permitted by CCEL and > that the Sword project then places the original along with its additions > into the Public Domain as well. > > Would it be sufficient to document in README.source and/or copyright > more details regarding the process by which the module is created? If > so, would what I described above be adequate or would something > different be necessary? > > I suppose that there might be an argument for creating the package from > the original text with markup and then have the package build process > perform the module conversion and compression steps. However, no other > Sword module in Debian does this and it appears that the Sword project's > preferred form of distribution is the compressed module form. > > If you think that it would be better to have the modules build from a > text-based source instead of just taking the compressed modules directly > from the Sword project, let me know. I can discuss with the team and we > can figure out the appropriate place from which to obtain the sources > and come up with a plan to convert all the existing Sword module > packages to be more suitable from a Debian policy perspective. > > Regards, > > -Roberto > > On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 10:00:10PM +0000, Thorsten Alteholz wrote: > > > > Hi Roberto, > > > > according to [1] only the .txt files are in the public domain: > > You may use the plain-text version of any public domain book at the CCEL > > (files ending in .txt) in any way you please, including republishing it. > > Other formats may not be copied without permission. You must contact us > > for permission to republish CCEL works or to use them commercially. > > > > As your package does not contain any .txt file I am not sure that the > > license meets the DFSG requirements. > > > > Thanks! > > Thorsten > > > > [1] www.ccel.org/about/copyright.html > > > > > > > > === > > > > Please feel free to respond to this email if you don't understand why > > your files were rejected, or if you upload new files which address our > > concerns. > > > > -- > Roberto C. Sánchez > > _______________________________________________ > Pkg-crosswire-devel mailing list > Pkg-crosswire-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-crosswire-devel -- Roberto C. Sánchez _______________________________________________ Pkg-crosswire-devel mailing list Pkg-crosswire-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-crosswire-devel