[sword-devel] Bible-Discovery - non-free program using SWORD modules

[Chris Little]

jonathon wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 20:27, Chris Little wrote:
> 
>> say for the content we produced that inexplicably (without permission, notice, or credit given) has found its way into e-Sword.
> 
> What resources are you claiming migrated to e-Sword, from _The Sword
> Project_ without the appropriate credit?
> 
> jonathon

Hi Jonathan,

I'm surprised you feel welcome posting here or that you have the 
chutzpah to post in this thread, as it quite directly brings up some 
libelous accusations you made on 5/10/2009 on an e-Sword Yahoo! group, 
to wit:

(Discussing the recent change of e-Sword's database format:)
"He doesn't want to have to pay royalties on behalf of _The Sword
Project_, and other Bible Study Software programmers that have decided
that e-Sword resources are ideal for utilizing in their software, and
incorporated that functionality into their program, without even asking
Rick."

I am still waiting for your public apology in that Yahoo! group and for 
you to correct those false statements. Likewise, I'm sure some of the 
others who posted (or tried to post in spite of moderation) in response 
to your false statements await that apology.

Now, to your question, there are a number of e-Sword modules which have 
come from The SWORD Project, but none more completely obviously than the 
Robinson morphology codes module. It is distributed with permission to 
redistribute, but with an explicit request that the notice about its 
creation (crediting the CrossWire Bible Society) be included with all 
redistributed copies. All copies of the Robinson database derive from 
CrossWire's module. I know this because I created it out of whole cloth 
(plus a dash of Perl).

Hmm, what do you think Jonathan, should we change our module format 
because of "[e-Sword], and other Bible Study Software programmers that 
have decided that [Sword] resources are ideal for utilizing in their 
software, and incorporated that functionality into their program, 
without even asking [us]" or giving credit to those on whose shoulders 
they stand?

--Chris