On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 2:08 AM Tobias Klein <cont...@tklein.info> wrote:
> Hi Greg, > > Thanks for expressing your interest in this and sharing the vision! :) > > POC = Proof of Concept? > I'll come back to you personally. > Yes, a proof of concept implementation that allowed each user to click through to "purchase" a given module. A new locked version would be generated at that time with a unique key for the individual and offered to them for download. I'm a developer, though, not a web designer or UX type of person. So the look and experience was rough. I just wanted to prove to myself and others that it could be done. It was a minimal amount of work to do that from a technical standpoint. --Greg > Best regards, > Tobias > On 12.03.19 23:44, Greg Hellings wrote: > > > > On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 5:12 PM Tobias Klein <cont...@tklein.info> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm following up on the last thread that I started. Who would be >> interested in actively supporting the following idea: >> >> - Develop/set up an online platform that sells non-free Bible >> translations as locked Sword modules >> > > This is, technically, trivial. I've created at least two functional POCs > in the past that would create a customized download with a uniquely locked > key for every "purchaser" (the POC part came in that it didn't actually > transact money). > > - Establish a non-profit that becomes a Library Card Holder @ The Digital >> Bible Library (DBL) >> > > Sounds like a lot of paperwork. > > - Negotiate with Bible Societies to actually get licenses for distributing >> specific non-free Bible translations >> > > Sounds like even more paperwork. > > - Develop a software that uses the DBL's REST API for automatically >> creating locked Sword modules >> > > If the DBL's REST API is reasonable and well-behaved, this would be a very > simple task as well. The programmatic creation of SWORD modules from > pre-parsed text is very simple and straightforward (the biggest > complexities in our module creation process comes from the rigid nature of > how we store scriptures on disk vs the great freedoms we offer to module > creators in the XML we accept and in the parsing of the XML). > > >> Anyone interested? We would need: >> > > I am keenly interested. I believe that lack of modern English translations > is a huge detriment to the SWORD ecosystem. It's one of the main reasons I > don't use any of our apps on a regular basis. The only thing that has > stopped me, in the past, has been the social back pressure from other > members of the CrossWire community who, for reasons still opaque to me, > oppose the existence of a separate entity that is not affiliated with > CrossWire that distributes for-pay SWORD modules. > > Since I have print copies of all the modern English translations I want, I > have no true pressing need for such to exist, as much as I really wish it > did. Thus, rather than fly in the face of others in the community to > scratch my own personal itch, I have opted against such and continue to > solely use dead tree editions for reading and studying and limit my digital > interactions to search. > > I foresee that you'll also find that many of our core, active members are > still of the opinion that such an entity would be a negative thing. As I > mentioned, I do not comprehend their objections but have not made a strong > effort to really find out why their objection exists. It would, for me, be > nothing more than a pet project more answering the question of, "Is it > possible, technically", and that answer has already been given by my POCs > for me. > > --Greg > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list: > sword-devel@crosswire.orghttp://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
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