[sword-devel] JFB Commentary Question

Paul Gear sword-devel@crosswire.org
Fri, 20 Apr 2001 07:30:36 +1000


Chris Little wrote:

> ...
> If we did it using HREFCom like it sounds like Barry is proposing, we
> wouldn't actually be distributing the NET.  Better yet, we could make an
> even smarter HREF class, capable of parsing the HTML for specific portions.
> For example, if you request John 1:1, it would retrieve all of John 1 from
> bible.org but parse out and return only 1:1 to the front end.  It wouldn't
> be searchable, but it would be legal.
>
> I doubt the owners of the NET would appreciate it, but for some reason I've
> got little sympathy for a commercial organization that owns bible.ORG.

What makes you think they are a commercial organisation?

PDG