[sword-devel] GNU and OS ideologies and indulgences

Geoffrey W Hastings sword-devel@crosswire.org
Sat, 15 Dec 2001 12:40:44 -0800


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On Fri, 14 Dec 2001 20:12:30 +1100 Chris <chris@bitmead.com> writes:
> 
> In The Beginning (c), bibles were printed and nobody cared about the 
> licence.
> But in these last times (c), bibles can be mass-produced by anybody
> digitally, and the issue of licence is suddenly seems important. We 
> need 
> a GNU translation!   

Isn't that  what World English Bible (WEB) is all about?
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