Public bug reported:

As I reported with the bible-kjv-text package (Bug #1089050), in the UK
(but not the rest of the world), the copyright on the Authorized (King
James) version of the Bible is perpetual and it may only be printed,
distributed or imported by those who have official royal permission. I
don't know if there are any special exceptions for electronic
distribution; if there are not, then technically Canonical Ltd (a UK
company) cannot "distribute" this package or any CD image of Ubuntu
which contains it, and it would be illegal for any UK resident to log on
to a non-UK site to download the package (or a CD image containing it)
if that counts as "importing".  (It would also make it illegal for UK
residents to download any other free software that contains the KJV
text.)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: sword-text-kjv (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-32.51-generic 3.2.30
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-32-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu14
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Dec 11 18:23:56 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: sword-text-kjv
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-10-22 (50 days ago)

** Affects: sword-text-kjv (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 precise

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