[sword-devel] Re: Copyright and STRONGS

[Jerry Hastings]

That is very sad. They could at least be accurate about what is clearly 
copyright by others, and what they are claiming is theirs. It sounds like 
they are claiming a copyright on the compilation as a whole. But I don't 
know what they are thinking.

Jerry



>That depends on how you look at it. I was told by ICR when discussing
>licensing with them that "everything on that disc" was copyrighted by the
>OLB. This would presumably include the PD works by Ernie etc. But it is
>possible that was simply an overstatement (and given that the NAS and NIV
>etc are on there, that would be obvious). Their contract specifically states
>that if one uses over 50% of the same material that is on the OLB, then the
>royalty is jacked up to 50% automatically, just for being a similar product,
>even though all that material is public domain and anyone ought to be able
>to use it. Competition is a serious concern of theirs, I think.
>
>-Brandon