Re: [sword-devel] BREW Development?

2011-06-21 Thread David (Mailing List Addy)
On Thursday, June 16, 2011 10:00:45 PM Greg Hellings wrote:
 As I understood it the FSF had (at least in the past) declared that
 there was an incompatibility.  But IIRC, the incompatibility was
 actually that Apple is always violating the GPL with its distribution.
 Since the GPL states that the person doing the distribution is
 required to make the code and any modifications to the program
 publicly available to the people to whom they distribute the app.
 Thus, to be in compliance Apple would need to have a place where
 people could download the source code plus their technology for
 digitally signing the compiled apps, etc, in order to be in touch with
 the GPL.  (That's how I understood it. That could be totally bogus.)

INAL (nor do I play one on tv, and I haven't even slept at a holiday in 
express) but  there is a Linux distribution called Mepis that is a derivative 
of Debian that got in hot water with the FSF for not distributing the source 
code themselves but rather upstream debian distribution. The FSF said that was 
not a valid way to distribute the source in compliance with the GPL, and thus 
Mepis had to distribute source packages drectly even if they did not modify 
the code. I would imagine app stores fall under the same issue.

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Re: [sword-devel] BREW Development?

2011-06-21 Thread Greg Hellings
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:39 AM, David (Mailing List Addy)
davidsli...@gmx.net wrote:
 On Thursday, June 16, 2011 10:00:45 PM Greg Hellings wrote:
 As I understood it the FSF had (at least in the past) declared that
 there was an incompatibility.  But IIRC, the incompatibility was
 actually that Apple is always violating the GPL with its distribution.
 Since the GPL states that the person doing the distribution is
 required to make the code and any modifications to the program
 publicly available to the people to whom they distribute the app.
 Thus, to be in compliance Apple would need to have a place where
 people could download the source code plus their technology for
 digitally signing the compiled apps, etc, in order to be in touch with
 the GPL.  (That's how I understood it. That could be totally bogus.)

 INAL (nor do I play one on tv, and I haven't even slept at a holiday in
 express) but  there is a Linux distribution called Mepis that is a derivative
 of Debian that got in hot water with the FSF for not distributing the source
 code themselves but rather upstream debian distribution. The FSF said that was
 not a valid way to distribute the source in compliance with the GPL, and thus
 Mepis had to distribute source packages drectly even if they did not modify
 the code. I would imagine app stores fall under the same issue.

That is in line with my understanding also. However, if the copyright
holder does not bring the case against Apple, I am doubtful anyone
else would be able to legitimately bring suit.  So just don't go
screaming to or at Apple about the GPL nature of the App and you can
probably slip in under the radar.  It may not be technically compliant
on Apple's part, but we're the ones who get to make a fuss about it,
not them.

--Greg

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Re: [sword-devel] BREW Development?

2011-06-21 Thread Peter von Kaehne

 That is in line with my understanding also. However, if the copyright
 holder does not bring the case against Apple, I am doubtful anyone
 else would be able to legitimately bring suit.  So just don't go
 screaming to or at Apple about the GPL nature of the App and you can
 probably slip in under the radar.  It may not be technically compliant
 on Apple's part, but we're the ones who get to make a fuss about it,
 not them.

There is a difference here re Mepis:

All our applications are distributed with source code available.

If we choose any kind of hosting provider to dump the binary on and another 
hosting provider to share the source code from, it is still us who do the 
distributing. 

I am sure if you look into the guts of stuff like Rapidshare or whatever else 
people use to share stuff with, we will find TCs which are contrary to the GPL 
- if the distribution site was the primary distributor. But as it is, 
PocketSword gets distributed by Nic, via the AppStore and iTunes. And Nic is in 
compliance because the source code is at Sourceforge or Google or whereever. 

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Re: [sword-devel] BREW Development?

2011-06-21 Thread David (Mailing List Addy)
On Tuesday, June 21, 2011 10:48:24 AM Greg Hellings wrote:
 So just don't go
 screaming to or at Apple about the GPL nature of the App and you can
 probably slip in under the radar.  It may not be technically compliant
 on Apple's part, but we're the ones who get to make a fuss about it,
 not them.

Well yes, I agree. I had assumed we were using some sort of implicit exception 
to allow for app store distribution, which is allowed under section 7 of the 
GPL v2 (IIRC). I was pointing out re the original topic (BREW) that app stores 
are not an open distribution system either, even if barrier to entry is much 
easier. I merely cited the FSF cases as examples of where app store 
distribution is not in compliance with GPL.

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Re: [sword-devel] BREW Development?

2011-06-18 Thread David (Mailing List Addy)
On Friday, June 17, 2011 01:12:30 PM Nic Carter wrote:
 Curious.
 
 A brief reading of the GPL licence that we use shows that it says nothing
 about the source being able to be compiled to work on a platform.  The fact
 that the src is available freely seems to satisfy it, so the fact that you
 then need to pay apple for the privilege to run it on your (unjailbroken)
 iPhone isn't an issue.  Altho, reading the licence again (it's been years!)
 reveals to me that I should more explicitly state in the app where you can
 grab the src from  that it's GPL'd...  I may be a little slack in not
 stating that clearly enough in the About section of the app.  Will fix that
 for the next release. :)

The compiling and running on device X only applies to GPLv3 (and I assume 
later) it's a loop-hole in GPLv2, there's even a term for not allowing modified 
software on a device, tivioization (from the fact that tivo was, if not the 
first, the most famous for it).

And as far as notice, there were in GPLv2 specifically mentioned ways to go 
about notifying users of the GPL status for both CLI and GUI applications.

Now for app stores in general I have seen statements (I think it was an 
identi.ca post) from the FSF stating that app stores are considered defictive 
by design and are specifically not GPL compatible. There was even action taken 
WRT GnuGo which resulted from the application being taken down from the app 
store. I can look-up specifics later this next week if it would be helpful.

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Re: [sword-devel] BREW Development?

2011-06-16 Thread David (Mailing List Addy)
On Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:18:57 PM Mike Hart wrote:
 ottom line, BREW is not an open system, and is not compatible with the
 business model Sword and GoBible operate under (free, Free, FREE.)

From what I understand App Repos like the Apple App Store and the Android 
Market are also not open systems and are technically not GPL compatible, 
though I have been assuming we've been giving an understood license exception 
to And Bible, Pocket Sword and probably now whatever Mac Sword's new name is 
(escapes me off hand) so they can be distributed under their respective repos. 
But I could be mistaken on that.

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Re: [sword-devel] BREW Development?

2011-06-16 Thread Nic Carter

My understanding of GPL (other than my general dislike for it) is that it is 
fine with iOS development as it stands.  Originally you weren't allowed to 
share ANY code you had written for iOS, as part of the insane NDA that you 
needed to agree with in order to get the iOS APIs, but that has all passed, and 
Apple encourages sharing of code so they get more developers and more apps and 
more ppl buying their devices (they _do_ like making money, it appears!)...  ;)

So, PocketSword is GPL'd, the source is available for download, and the GPL 
licence is installed on each user's device when they install PS from the app 
store.  True, if they want to compile it themselves and install it on their own 
device, that's a little bit of a hassle, but they _can_.  :)

If anyone can see any issues or flaws in the above, please let me know, cause 
I'd rather PS was doing the right thing.  I believe the FSF has said iOS 
development and OSS can mix, so that's all good AFAIK...  In fact, I know of an 
app (Colloquy) which is OSS on both the Mac  iOS, but if you get it from the 
iOS App Store, they charge 99c or something.  I chose to download the src and 
compile and install myself, which meant it was free...  It may be their way 
of trying to recover some of the fees that Apple charge to be able to be a 
developer on the App Store ($99 per year, which is actually why PocketSword is 
available on the App Store under my name, rather than CrossWire Bible Society, 
cause I just used my account, rather than pay an additional $99 per year for a 
CrossWire account!)...


Ummm, so, yes, if you can point out how the distribution model of an app 
affects how it is GPL compatible, I'd be very interested in hearing it.  :)


Thanks, ybic
nic...  :)


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PocketSword Developer - an iPhone Bible Study app
www: http://crosswire.org/pocketsword
iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/app/Pocketsword/id341046078
Twitter: http://twitter.com/pocketsword

On 17/06/2011, at 10:01 AM, David (Mailing List Addy) wrote:

 On Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:18:57 PM Mike Hart wrote:
 ottom line, BREW is not an open system, and is not compatible with the
 business model Sword and GoBible operate under (free, Free, FREE.)
 
 From what I understand App Repos like the Apple App Store and the Android 
 Market are also not open systems and are technically not GPL compatible, 
 though I have been assuming we've been giving an understood license exception 
 to And Bible, Pocket Sword and probably now whatever Mac Sword's new name is 
 (escapes me off hand) so they can be distributed under their respective 
 repos. 
 But I could be mistaken on that.
 
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Re: [sword-devel] BREW Development?

2011-06-16 Thread Greg Hellings
As I understood it the FSF had (at least in the past) declared that
there was an incompatibility.  But IIRC, the incompatibility was
actually that Apple is always violating the GPL with its distribution.
Since the GPL states that the person doing the distribution is
required to make the code and any modifications to the program
publicly available to the people to whom they distribute the app.
Thus, to be in compliance Apple would need to have a place where
people could download the source code plus their technology for
digitally signing the compiled apps, etc, in order to be in touch with
the GPL.  (That's how I understood it. That could be totally bogus.)

So long as you aren't about to chase down Apple and yell at them for
not giving away your source, but state in the program where the source
is available and that it's under the GPL, etc, then you're probably
good to go from a practical standpoint even if Apple is technically
dropping the ball on the GPL.

--Greg

On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 9:49 PM, Nic Carter niccar...@mac.com wrote:

 My understanding of GPL (other than my general dislike for it) is that it is 
 fine with iOS development as it stands.  Originally you weren't allowed to 
 share ANY code you had written for iOS, as part of the insane NDA that you 
 needed to agree with in order to get the iOS APIs, but that has all passed, 
 and Apple encourages sharing of code so they get more developers and more 
 apps and more ppl buying their devices (they _do_ like making money, it 
 appears!)...  ;)

 So, PocketSword is GPL'd, the source is available for download, and the GPL 
 licence is installed on each user's device when they install PS from the app 
 store.  True, if they want to compile it themselves and install it on their 
 own device, that's a little bit of a hassle, but they _can_.  :)

 If anyone can see any issues or flaws in the above, please let me know, cause 
 I'd rather PS was doing the right thing.  I believe the FSF has said iOS 
 development and OSS can mix, so that's all good AFAIK...  In fact, I know of 
 an app (Colloquy) which is OSS on both the Mac  iOS, but if you get it from 
 the iOS App Store, they charge 99c or something.  I chose to download the src 
 and compile and install myself, which meant it was free...  It may be their 
 way of trying to recover some of the fees that Apple charge to be able to be 
 a developer on the App Store ($99 per year, which is actually why PocketSword 
 is available on the App Store under my name, rather than CrossWire Bible 
 Society, cause I just used my account, rather than pay an additional $99 per 
 year for a CrossWire account!)...


 Ummm, so, yes, if you can point out how the distribution model of an app 
 affects how it is GPL compatible, I'd be very interested in hearing it.  :)


 Thanks, ybic
        nic...  :)

 
 Nic Carter
 PocketSword Developer - an iPhone Bible Study app
 www: http://crosswire.org/pocketsword
 iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/app/Pocketsword/id341046078
 Twitter: http://twitter.com/pocketsword

 On 17/06/2011, at 10:01 AM, David (Mailing List Addy) wrote:

 On Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:18:57 PM Mike Hart wrote:
 ottom line, BREW is not an open system, and is not compatible with the
 business model Sword and GoBible operate under (free, Free, FREE.)

 From what I understand App Repos like the Apple App Store and the Android
 Market are also not open systems and are technically not GPL compatible,
 though I have been assuming we've been giving an understood license exception
 to And Bible, Pocket Sword and probably now whatever Mac Sword's new name is
 (escapes me off hand) so they can be distributed under their respective 
 repos.
 But I could be mistaken on that.

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Re: [sword-devel] BREW Development?

2011-06-16 Thread Nic Carter

Curious.

A brief reading of the GPL licence that we use shows that it says nothing about 
the source being able to be compiled to work on a platform.  The fact that the 
src is available freely seems to satisfy it, so the fact that you then need to 
pay apple for the privilege to run it on your (unjailbroken) iPhone isn't an 
issue.  Altho, reading the licence again (it's been years!) reveals to me that 
I should more explicitly state in the app where you can grab the src from  
that it's GPL'd...  I may be a little slack in not stating that clearly enough 
in the About section of the app.  Will fix that for the next release.  :)


Thanks, ybic
nic...  :)

On 17/06/2011, at 1:00 PM, Greg Hellings wrote:

 As I understood it the FSF had (at least in the past) declared that
 there was an incompatibility.  But IIRC, the incompatibility was
 actually that Apple is always violating the GPL with its distribution.
 Since the GPL states that the person doing the distribution is
 required to make the code and any modifications to the program
 publicly available to the people to whom they distribute the app.
 Thus, to be in compliance Apple would need to have a place where
 people could download the source code plus their technology for
 digitally signing the compiled apps, etc, in order to be in touch with
 the GPL.  (That's how I understood it. That could be totally bogus.)
 
 So long as you aren't about to chase down Apple and yell at them for
 not giving away your source, but state in the program where the source
 is available and that it's under the GPL, etc, then you're probably
 good to go from a practical standpoint even if Apple is technically
 dropping the ball on the GPL.
 
 --Greg
 
 On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 9:49 PM, Nic Carter niccar...@mac.com wrote:
 
 My understanding of GPL (other than my general dislike for it) is that it is 
 fine with iOS development as it stands.  Originally you weren't allowed to 
 share ANY code you had written for iOS, as part of the insane NDA that you 
 needed to agree with in order to get the iOS APIs, but that has all passed, 
 and Apple encourages sharing of code so they get more developers and more 
 apps and more ppl buying their devices (they _do_ like making money, it 
 appears!)...  ;)
 
 So, PocketSword is GPL'd, the source is available for download, and the GPL 
 licence is installed on each user's device when they install PS from the app 
 store.  True, if they want to compile it themselves and install it on their 
 own device, that's a little bit of a hassle, but they _can_.  :)
 
 If anyone can see any issues or flaws in the above, please let me know, 
 cause I'd rather PS was doing the right thing.  I believe the FSF has said 
 iOS development and OSS can mix, so that's all good AFAIK...  In fact, I 
 know of an app (Colloquy) which is OSS on both the Mac  iOS, but if you get 
 it from the iOS App Store, they charge 99c or something.  I chose to 
 download the src and compile and install myself, which meant it was 
 free...  It may be their way of trying to recover some of the fees that 
 Apple charge to be able to be a developer on the App Store ($99 per year, 
 which is actually why PocketSword is available on the App Store under my 
 name, rather than CrossWire Bible Society, cause I just used my account, 
 rather than pay an additional $99 per year for a CrossWire account!)...
 
 
 Ummm, so, yes, if you can point out how the distribution model of an app 
 affects how it is GPL compatible, I'd be very interested in hearing it.  :)
 
 
 Thanks, ybic
nic...  :)
 
 
 Nic Carter
 PocketSword Developer - an iPhone Bible Study app
 www: http://crosswire.org/pocketsword
 iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/app/Pocketsword/id341046078
 Twitter: http://twitter.com/pocketsword
 
 On 17/06/2011, at 10:01 AM, David (Mailing List Addy) wrote:
 
 On Tuesday, June 14, 2011 11:18:57 PM Mike Hart wrote:
 ottom line, BREW is not an open system, and is not compatible with the
 business model Sword and GoBible operate under (free, Free, FREE.)
 
 From what I understand App Repos like the Apple App Store and the Android
 Market are also not open systems and are technically not GPL compatible,
 though I have been assuming we've been giving an understood license 
 exception
 to And Bible, Pocket Sword and probably now whatever Mac Sword's new name is
 (escapes me off hand) so they can be distributed under their respective 
 repos.
 But I could be mistaken on that.
 
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Re: [sword-devel] BREW Development?

2011-06-15 Thread Mike Hart
Just to follow up on BREW.  Unlike J2ME apps, Each Application published via
= BREW is for a single model of phone on a single wireless carrier only.  To
publish a Bible app on a single model phone on all phone carriers in the US,
That would be about 20 publications.   Each publication has a certification
process that runs into the hundreds of dollars.   While I thought I saw
there was now a 'free' alternative, it appears to be limited to ATT carrier
applications only and is about the prove your background preliminary steps
(also over a hundred dollars) and not the publication process. 

Bottom line, BREW is not an open system, and is not compatible with the
business model Sword and GoBible operate under (free, Free, FREE.) 



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Re: [sword-devel] BREW Development?

2011-06-15 Thread Peter von Kaehne
Thanks Mike, for following this through. A shame, but can not be helped.

Peter

On 15/06/11 07:18, Mike Hart wrote:
 Just to follow up on BREW.  Unlike J2ME apps, Each Application published via
 = BREW is for a single model of phone on a single wireless carrier only.  To
 publish a Bible app on a single model phone on all phone carriers in the US,
 That would be about 20 publications.   Each publication has a certification
 process that runs into the hundreds of dollars.   While I thought I saw
 there was now a 'free' alternative, it appears to be limited to ATT carrier
 applications only and is about the prove your background preliminary steps
 (also over a hundred dollars) and not the publication process. 
 
 Bottom line, BREW is not an open system, and is not compatible with the
 business model Sword and GoBible operate under (free, Free, FREE.) 
 
 
 
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Re: [sword-devel] BREW Development?

2011-04-20 Thread David Haslam
I have just started a new wiki page, already with a rudimentary sub-section
for BREW.

http://crosswire.org/wiki/Ideas_for_new_projects

Please feel free to contribute content to it.

David

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Re: [sword-devel] BREW Development?

2011-04-20 Thread David Haslam
Phones with Brew generally do not have Java ME, so Go Bible applications
cannot be installed.

However, there are already solutions to porting J2ME apps to BREW. Example:
http://blue-edge.bg/brew.html

Mike, please evaluate this one, and report your findings to CrossWire.

David

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Re: [sword-devel] BREW Development?

2011-04-20 Thread Peter von Kaehne
I ofund this:

http://willperone.net/Code/brewcpp.php

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 Datum: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:56:44 -0700 (PDT)
 Von: David Haslam dfh...@googlemail.com
 An: sword-devel@crosswire.org
 Betreff: Re: [sword-devel] BREW Development?

 Phones with Brew generally do not have Java ME, so Go Bible applications
 cannot be installed.
 
 However, there are already solutions to porting J2ME apps to BREW.
 Example:
 http://blue-edge.bg/brew.html
 
 Mike, please evaluate this one, and report your findings to CrossWire.
 
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Re: [sword-devel] BREW Development?

2011-04-19 Thread David Haslam
I guess a separate page would have been preferable, Chris.

e.g. one headed Ideas for further projects.

with subsections for 

== Ideas for front-end applications ==

=== Platforms with no front-end application ===

=== Application frameworks with no front-end application ===

PS. As for navigation and fnding stuff, the use of wiki categories is very
efficient.
I myself have added a lot of these to pages started by other developers.

I've rarely observed that the presence of less relevant content made it
harder to find what I'm currently searching for. So that may have reflected
individual ways of working while using the wiki. If your assertion had any
substance in this regard, then Wikipedia itself would suffer the same
drawback. It's astounding popularity proves otherwise.

David

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Re: [sword-devel] BREW Development?

2011-04-19 Thread jonathon
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On 19/04/2011 08:15, David Haslam wrote:
 I guess a separate page would have been preferable, Chris.

To me, it doesn't matter if those non-projects are on the same page, or
a different page. What I find useful is that it is an acknowledgement of
the platform/whatever, but that it is probably otherwise unknown to
_The Sword Project_.

Some of those entries should be updated, and otherwise cleaned up.  (EG:
Kindle, with an explanation of why a _Sword Project_ front end can not
be created for it, if official approval/authorization of the app is
required.)

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[sword-devel] BREW Development?

2011-04-18 Thread Mike Hart
I've recently switched cellphone carriers, and as a result of various factors, 
I'm now using a dumb phone that does not support Java apps, but only BREW.  
(Metro is giving away a dumb phone when you buy any phone, and my wife got the 
nice one.)

While investigating what BREW means, I run into what (at first glance) appears 
to be recent change in BREW development licensing at Qualcomm to something 
close to or really open source and free to release in an unencumbered way. 
However, BREW on my phone is still server side controlled. I've witnessed my 
phone 'register apps' at least 3 times since I got it on Saturday. So I don't 
know If I'll need the Carrier's (METROPCS) involvement to release a bible on it 
or not. 

Since some 40-60% of newer 'dumb' phones support BREW, and about half of those 
don't support Java, is there any ongoing development to port Go-Bible or create 
a similar app for it? Is there a known roadblock that prevents releasing a 
Bible app on BREW?
 
I'm planning to work toward this end, and would rather be involved in an 
existing project than duplicating effort. 

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Re: [sword-devel] BREW Development?

2011-04-18 Thread Peter von Kaehne
 Von: Mike Hart just_mik...@yahoo.com

  
 I'm planning to work toward this end, and would rather be involved in an
 existing project than duplicating effort. 
 

I think this is the first time that I have heard of this and I am pretty linked 
in to what is happening on GoBible.

So, if you start something, great! I am pretty sure there will not have been 
much of a previous effort

Kind regards

Peter

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Re: [sword-devel] BREW Development?

2011-04-18 Thread David Haslam
Some long time ago, I posted something about BREW in the Current Projects
page in our wiki, though it was subsequently deleted by an over-zealous
Osk.

Check the history of the page.

http://crosswire.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Current_Projectsaction=history
http://crosswire.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Current_Projectsaction=history 

David



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Re: [sword-devel] BREW Development?

2011-04-18 Thread Chris Little
I admit, I don't see any value to all of the space wasted to say we 
don't support this platform, we don't have any content on this topic 
in the wiki yet, or here's some format that is irrelevant to Sword. 
It just makes it more difficult to find relevant content that actually 
has been written.


--Chris


On 4/18/11 11:47 AM, David Haslam wrote:

Some long time ago, I posted something about BREW in the Current Projects
page in our wiki, though it was subsequently deleted by an over-zealous
Osk.

Check the history of the page.

http://crosswire.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Current_Projectsaction=history
http://crosswire.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Current_Projectsaction=history

David



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