[sword-devel] Copyright CEV/TEV

[Hugo van der Kooij]

On Sat, 26 Apr 2003, Simon wrote:

> I recently have contacted the ABS for permission for using the CEV and
> the TEV on my website (http://www.scripture.nl). Well, they won't give
> free permission, but the price was just $200 per translation per year
> (at least that is the price they offered me).
> 
> For me 2 times $200/year is somewhat too expensive (I'm just a poor
> student), but maybe something to consider for the Sword community. Say
> there are 200 users willing to pay, that is $2 per user per year to get
> 2 modern translations. Or maybe there are some business willing to
> sponsor the Sword Project (or some churches), by paying the copyright
> fees? Or maybe give users the possability to donate a few dollars to the
> project.

I do not think these numbers add up. You got the license fee for a single 
host website. That will most likely not be the fee to distribute them as 
sword module.

Hugo.

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