Em 2006/05/03, às 11:01, Sergio Queiroz escreveu:
Em Tue, 02 May 2006 11:23:44 +0200, Sergio Queiroz escreveu:
Indeed, the PorAA has some problems with strange characters at each
verse ending and with some accents, like the "Ã ". But that it is a
corrupted copy of a copyrighted work is the personal opinion of
Leandro Dutra.
No, it is not.
Yes It is (I will not extend this discussion).
I must agree with Leandro that the module is misnamed. I had access
to a paper copy of Almeida Atualizada and it is NOT the same. Even if
Unbound guys say it is OK to distribute, they must provide where they
got it from. Besides, even if it is the Almeida Atualizada, that
version is NOT Public Domain.
It is normal that you cannot find any bible in print with the exact
text of this version, as the brazilian bible editors have changed a
bit the translation over the years to ameliorate it and also to have
copyright rights over the new text (and in this way preserve their
commercial interests).
Please stop spreading misinformation. Just compare the PorAA with
the Versão Revisada.
This means nothing, as they come from the same translation.
This has some meaning. It is theoretically possible that two versions
from the same source end up exactly the same, but can you believe
that? It is almost like believing evolution brought us here... And
not even evolutionists would agree on that.
If you look at the history of this list, you will see a message (I
think that by Chris Little) where he affirms that Crosswire Society
knows where this version traces to, and that it has no copyright
problems.
More misinformation. All we know is the website it comes from
(UnBounded Bible if memory doesn’t fail me), and then the site’s
administrators never answered requests for clarification.
Read the message by Chris Little here
http://www.crosswire.org/pipermail/sword-devel/2005-June/022350.html
I have read the Chris Little's message and the rest of the tread and
he doesn't say nothing against Leandro's position. I think everyone
is just washing hands. I know the President of the Portuguese Bible
Society personally and I will contact him to know if I can evaluate
the copies and, if needed, obtain the necessary permission. (If they
don't hold the copyright they can help me to contact with the holder.
Notice that the translation by Joao Ferreira de Almeida is very old
(dates from the XVII century--for the new testament at least), so it
has multiple revisions by different bodies, some free of copyright,
some others not.
So what?
So you say that it is the version by the IBB when it is not. They
may be
almost the same as they came from the same public domain sources.
The modifications of Leandro could not be accepted because he has
not only solved the technical problems of the module, he has also
updated the text to reflect the copyrighted work that he
mentions. So it could no longer be distributed without the
authorization of the copyright holders of that version.
Sérgio, it is quite interesting how you phantasize the past to fit
your world view. Problem is, it amounts to a lie, if unintentional.
Refer back to the aforementioned message.
I didn’t ‘update the text to reflect the copyrighted work
that (I)
mention(ed)’. I just fixed typos and missing text. Do a diff
yourself.
We cannot adding "missing text" based on a copyrighted version and
keep
the module free.
Saying that this version is corrupted is a very far cry. I use it
frequently in a small group study group, where we are from different
nationalities, and we normally use the PorAA, the King James
(english) and the Louis Segond (french) at the same time, to study
the same text. I've never found a "corruption" in the PorAA text
(I'm brazilian but also fluent in english and french). In fact, it
is often almost the same as the King James version.
So you haven’t read enough. There are quite some missing
passages,
sometimes starting or finishing at mid-sentence or even truncating
words. Even passing PorAA thru a spellchecker will show you
corrupted
passages.
Show us them, and we will fix based on a public domain source.
Can I suggest that we start writing to the list every time we
encounter errors?
So, I think that you can use the PorAA without fears of having a
corrupted
version.
Problem is, you ‘think’ too much but never check the facts.
That is also your personal opinion.
And it is much better to have a free portuguese module with some
technical problems than no portuguese module at all.
Not ‘some technical problems’ only. Real missing text, real
garbled
text.
Again, show us them, and we will fix based on a public domain source.
I have at home a small shell script that I have used to correct the
problems with the "à " and the "À" as well as the strange
characters
at the end of verses
If you could be bothered to write a shell script to fix the errors
you see, how come you can’t be bothered to diff it against my files
and see for yourself PorAA is actually a corrupted Revisada?
It is not worth the effort to compare with a copyrighted work, as we
cannot adopt the differences. And comparing with other Almeida will
just
show that they are "Almeidas". You can compare with the Almeida
Corrigida
e Fiel, by the Trinitarian Bible Society, if you want to. Maybe you
can
conclude we also have a "corrupted Almeida Corrigida e Fiel" too.
Please please please stop this nonsense!
Again, in your opinion.
It is true that we cannot accept the differences if they come from a
copyrighted work, but it seams that NO ONE has access to the Public
Domain source. The only ones that should be able to do that are the
Unbound guys and they don't know or don't bother.
But, again I say, the module is missnamed. I can give you the opinion
of a scholar on that: my greek's professor at the theological
seminar. He has been in several groups of translators for several
portuguese bible versions and he told me that the version I have IS
NOT Atualizada. If you compare several Almeida modified Bibles you
will conclude the same that I did: you cannot read through without
encountering differences at least in 1/3 of the verses.
Jónatas
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