[sword-devel] Copyright problem?

[Simon]

John Gills Expositor is surely changed, John Gill had some
hyper-calvinistic ideas that are missing/changed in the Larry Pierce
version (I don't have a copy of the original Gills expositor here, so I
can't give examples). 

Also, there is some info added to the expositor (some small
modifications, like an extra book-references, for example check Genesis
1:2

In Avibus. g Ian Taylor, p. 363, 364, "In the Minds of Men", 1984, TEF
Publishing,     P.O. Box 5015, Stn. F, Toronto, Canada. 

Very unlikely that John Gill, who died somewhere in 1600 or 1700, could
reference to a book in 1984...)

But, my question was not about Gills Expositor (which is locked), but
about Matthew Poole's. But Chris was right by saying that only some
spelling is changed (I bought myself a printed copy, and compared, but
even the spelling changes are very few).

And, if you meant that Larry maybe did remove some Calvinistic out of
Pooles commentary, I think that's not very likely, for Poole was a very
moderate Calvinist...

Greetz,

Simon

-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: sword-devel-admin@crosswire.org
[mailto:sword-devel-admin@crosswire.org] Namens Don A. Elbourne Jr.
Verzonden: zondag 30 maart 2003 12:22
Aan: sword-devel@crosswire.org
Onderwerp: Re: [sword-devel] Copyright problem?


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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