[bt-devel] NASB Unlock Key

[Jaak Ristioja]

Hello Troy,

I guess we can display the UnlockInfo .conf entry as verbatim plain
text. If support for hyperlinks and such would be needed, I would
strongly prefer the format to have a formal specification which were
acceptable to use in BibleTime.

The specification being "just some simple HTML" is not good enough,
because passing the contents of such fields directly to some HTML or web
view widget is not acceptable, neither is embedding it verbatim inside
other HTML, because that might break our GUI layouts/HTML and comes with
security concerns (we don't want modules to be able to crash BibleTime,
run scripts, consume too much resources etc).

If you want I can help write formal grammars (EBNF or similar) for such
things, as well as parsers, linters etc.


Best regards,
J


On 05.01.20 00:56, Troy A. Griffitts wrote:
> Hi Gary,
> 
> Thanks for the suggestion.  We had to weigh the pros and cons of this. 
> Lockman is testing the module in a few of our applications and also
> wanted to review the installation and unlock process.  We decided to do
> all we can to make it as easy as possible for their executives-- who are
> not programmers-- to review and make a decision on permission.
> 
> One thing which has been mentioned a few times on sword-devel is that
> frontends should begin to honor the new "UnlockInfo" .conf entry, which
> has the purpose to explain to the user how to obtain an unlock key for a
> particular module and in this modules clarifies to the user that this
> module is still in the testing phase.  It would be good to check
> Bibletime to see if it has support for displaying "UnlockInfo" to the
> user when a module is selected for installation.
> 
> Thanks again for all you guys do,
> 
> Troy
> 
> 
> On 1/4/20 3:43 PM, Gary Holmlund wrote:
>> Troy,
>>
>> Thanks for the information. Perhaps Lockman should not be in
>>
>> the masterRepoList.conf until it is available for purchase.
>>
>> Gary
>>
>>
>> On 1/4/20 11:12 AM, Troy A. Griffitts wrote:
>>> Hey guys.  We don't have a deal with Lockman yet.  They are reviewing
>>> the latest work we've done and have pointed out a few issues we are
>>> trying to fix.  It does seem like we are at the brink of actually having
>>> the NASB available, but we've said this for years, so I don't want to
>>> promise anything.  There is no place to purchase an unlock key yet and
>>> when there is, it will be directly from Lockman.  SWORD has had single
>>> unlock code functionality unchanged for years in the engine.  If Lockman
>>> decides they want unique unlock codes per user, then you will need to
>>> compile with SWORD trunk, as this capability was added about 12 months
>>> ago.  Or with the soon to be release 1.9.0.
>>>
>>> Hope this clears things up a bit.
>>>
>>> Troy
>>>
>>>
>>> On 1/3/20 9:41 PM, Gary Holmlund wrote:
>>>> John,
>>>>
>>>> I would like to know this also. The unlock is implemented in the
>>>>
>>>> sword library. Perhaps you can get an answer at crosswire.org
>>>>
>>>> Gary Holmlund
>>>>
>>>> On 12/30/19 4:29 PM, John A. Sullivan III wrote:
>>>>> Hello, all.  I was absolutely thrilled to see the Lockman Foundation
>>>>> now appear in the bookshelf options and I downloaded the NASB module.
>>>>> I was about to purchase a key from Lockman but I see notes on-line
>>>>> that
>>>>> the module cannot yet be unlocked and is only for testing.  I don't
>>>>> know if those are old notes.
>>>>>
>>>>> If I purchase a NASB key, can I use it to unlock the NASB module in
>>>>> Bibletime? Thank you for your dedication to this invaluable project -
>>>>> John
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