[sword-devel] Copyright problem?

[Don A. Elbourne Jr.]

Chris,

Are you certain that the only changes were spelling? Rumor has it than some
of the Calvinism was edited out of the John Gill commentary to line up
better with the module creator's theology.

by grace alone,

Don A. Elbourne Jr.
http://elbourne.org


----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Little" <chrislit@crosswire.org>
To: <sword-devel@crosswire.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: [sword-devel] Copyright problem?


> On Sat, 29 Mar 2003, Simon wrote:
>
> > I found the following text at the About of the Matthew Poole Sword
> > module:
> >
> > 'Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Entire Bible
> > Based on material from the Online Bible. Modernized and adapted for the
> > computer; editor: Larry Pierce.'
> >
> > If it is really modernized by Larry Pierce, I think it's better to lock
> > that module to avoid problems with him...
>
> "Modernized" means spelling were modernized and does not qualify a work
> for copyright protection.  In any case, this is not a public module.
>
> Messages like this about module problems (bugs, copyright issues, etc.)
> can be sent directly to me if you like, so that the other 280 people on
> the mailing list don't have to read them.
>
> --Chris
>
>
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