[sword-devel] Re: permission refusals

Adrian Korten sword-devel@crosswire.org
Tue, 22 Apr 2003 15:11:04 +0700


I'd be willing to help out if someone can figure out a workable 
mechanism. I'd like to help out with the day to day accounting and 
distribution.

Adrian


Barry Drake wrote:
> Hi there ........
> 
> On 20 Apr 2003 at 20:42, Chris Little wrote:
> 
>>I don't know the specific circumstances of many of the requests, but there
>>are many reasons why we might receive a refusal, including:
> 
> 
> In the case of the TEV/CEV, I seem to remember that ABS were perfectly 
> willing to grant a licence - but the Sword Project would have needed to 
> have a means of accepting payment for the modules.  As we are not able to 
> offer this service, we had to decline. 
> 
> I had hoped at some stage that one of the people involved with the Sword 
> Project might offer to set up a (not-for-profit?) venture that operated 
> separately from the project, selling locked modules and buying licences - I 
> guess that's going to be the only way in which modules such as TEV, CEV and 
> NIV will ever find their way out into the world.  None of the copyright 
> holders seem to have a means of accepting payment (at least none of the 
> ones I've been in touch with).
> 
> How's about it?
> 
> God bless,
> Barry
> 
> -- From Barry Drake (The Revd) minister of the Netherfield United Reformed 
> church, Nottingham see http://www.jesusinnetherfield.org.uk for our church 
> homepages).
> 
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> 
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