I agree. My intention with my next comment isn't to put anyone down, it is merely to point out an observation.
I believe I have seen the Online Bible become more and more a commercial bible software package than it was ever intended to be because of this very thing. I am not against having a way of including copyrighted materials I just think it needs to not side track the purpose of the project. Just my opinion. Daniel Blake > I strongly recommend that we not get into the ordeal of handling money nor > distributing texts for sale. This is not a moral issue (at least I don't want > to go there again), but a shear matter of focus. The Sword Project should stick > with software development. We can offer to create a module that they can > distribute or offer an encrypted module that others can pay them directly to get > the encryption code. Other than that, I feel we are asking for trouble in > getting into the rest. > > My 2 cents only! > > Dan > > Quoting Jonathan Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Hey Everyone, > > > > So I have been skimming through the copyright and locked module related > > e-mails that have been flying around this mailing list. Well here is our > > chance to help a Bible society out and also have their translations > > > available for people to download. The Bible Society of South Africa has > > expressed that they would be willing for us to distribute their > > translations for a small fee (they say $10, I would like to see it > > closer to $5). So how are we going to do this? I am looking for ideas > > from anyone but particularly those that will have to do some work to > > implement things (Troy and Chris). I would like to have something to > > propose to them in the next couple of days. Thanks so much. > > > > In Christ, > > Jonathan Hughes > > ----------------------------------------------- > > Copyright Coordinator > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Web: http://www.crosswire.org/sword/copyright/ > > ----------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > >