On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 3:59 PM, Matt Zabojnik <matt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The reasons are deep and political. Those who need to know them, already >> know them. > > I appreciate your discretion in your answer. Conversion difficulties was > what I was primarily concerned with, so this is, in a sense, good news. > > The text is under Copyright by Lockman. Distributing the work would not be >> legally permitted without obtaining their permission. > > Thank you. I have permission. > You have permission to distribute an NASB module from Lockman? That's interesting. > > It's important for our own resources to know whence the upstream work was >> found. > > I see. That being the case, there's no reason I wouldn't be able to > convert a PD work from Zefania XML for example, or any other format I find > it in, correct? > >From a technical perspective, you can convert from any source you can find into a module for your own use. And from a technical perspective, it's very easy to host your own module repository - requiring nothing more than an accessible HTTP serving software. As for Zefania, I don't believe you'll get much support or encouragement from these parts surrounding Zefania. --Greg > > Thank you for your ongoing support and information. It is indeed very > helpful. > > Blessings, > Matt > > On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 1:50 PM, Greg Hellings <greg.helli...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 2:45 PM, Matt Zabojnik <matt...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Thanks for the info! >>> >>> Would you mind explaining in different terms your reason for aborting >>> the project? I didn't fully understand. Delivering to Lockman wasn't going >>> to work for some reason? >>> >> The reasons are deep and political. Those who need to know them, already >> know them. >> >> >>> I haven't yet started working on this module, but the intent will be >>> mass distribution rather than personal use only. >>> >> The text is under Copyright by Lockman. Distributing the work would not >> be legally permitted without obtaining their permission. >> >>> Is it common for people to convert stuff for personal use? And how >>> important is it to declare where I obtained a source text for public domain >>> materials? I didn't see coverage on either of those in the wiki. >>> >> It's important for our own resources to know whence the upstream work was >> found. This allows repeatable module generation should the upstream source >> ever be updated and corrected. Very often problems are uncovered in >> upstream works during the module creation process and this typically >> continues once the module is in users' hands. The NASB, however, is not a >> public domain work. >> >> --Greg >> >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 21, 2017, 12:15 PM Greg Hellings <greg.helli...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Eons ago, Crosswire received permission from Lockman to begin work on an >>> NSAB module that they could commercially deliver to users who paid for it. >>> >>> Many people have tackled the work of performing the conversions from >>> Lockman's internal, proprietary markup to a Sword module. Each one has, for >>> various reasons, abandoned the work. Most recently it was me, and I gave up >>> due to a lack of a consistent or realistic objective for delivery of the >>> results to Lockman. >>> >>> You can, essentially, assume that nothing more will ever come of it from >>> the official channel. You'd be best to pursue converting another digital >>> source for your own personal use. >>> >>> --Greg >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 1:06 PM, Matt Zabojnik <matt...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> What's the status on the NASB module? I saw it mentioned in the >>> dictionary message. This is the first I've heard of it, being new to sword >>> devel. >>> >>> I'm currently working to convert NASB with strongs, footnotes and >>> references, but I need to learn OSIS and RegEx better first. >>> >>> Who here is the point-man on tyre work that's already been done there? >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------ > PGP ID: 0x5fa5cbaecfd5690c > ------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
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