[sword-devel] Fwd: Re: Fwd: Other libraries

[Andrew Greig]

On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 10:59 +0100, Martin Gruner wrote:
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> Subject: Re: [sword-devel] Fwd: Other libraries
> Date: Dienstag 27 Januar 2009
> From: Peter von Kaehne <refdoc at gmx.net>
> To: "SWORD Developers' Collaboration Forum" <sword-devel at crosswire.org>
> 
> Martin Gruner wrote:
> > Andrew,
> > 
> > I'm forwarding your question to the Sword developer's mailing list. This is 
> > the right place to ask. BibleTime works with modules provided by the Sword 
> > library.
> > 
> > AFAICT, there is no way to import from e-Sword.
> > 
> > God bless, 
> > 
> > Martin
> 
> 
> In general we do not import from e-sword and have also no documentation
> for that available.
> 
> Wrt NASB: we have a NASB module in build and I presume it is ready for
> distribution. Last thing I heard it was ready to be submitted and
> approved by Lockman Foundation.
> 
> Right now we also have the ESV (for free) and also the NetBible for free.
> 
> Peter

Andrew,

I'm forwarding your question to the Sword developer's mailing list. This
is 
the right place to ask. BibleTime works with modules provided by the
Sword 
library.

AFAICT, there is no way to import from e-Sword.

God bless, 

Martin

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Betreff: Other libraries
Datum: Mittwoch 21 Januar 2009
Von: Andrew Greig <algreig at bigpond.net.au>
An: mg.pub at gmx.net

Hi Martin,

Bible time is a real blessing, I recommend it to all of my friends.
Some of them use e-Sword on Windows, and in fact I assisted a friend to
acquire it and install it just the other night.

There are plenty of resources in the Crosswire Bible Society
fileservers, but I was wondering if it could be possible to download a
Paid for Bible from the e-Sword repository?

For example, I would like to install the NASB in BibleTime, even if I
have to pay for it.  I also have a copy of the NASB on my Palm OS
device.  I imagine that it is in .pdb format.  What sort of format
should BibleTime Bibles have?

Yours in Christ


Andrew Greig
Melbourne, Australia

Hi all,

Thank you for your responses, Martin and Peter.  I trust that although I
am not subscribed to this list , and in fact I am not a developer, that
it may pass through moderation fairly quickly.

I have cut and pasted the earlier messages in this thread for clarity.


I imagined that the e-Sword (Windows) program was drawing on the sword
libraries, so when I discovered that there were a number of works which
could be purchased for e-Sword, I naturally thought that there may have
been a way to sell them to Linux users as well. 

I understand that Open Source means that apart from the software making
the source code available, in many cases it is also free as in gratis,
zero cost.  In my early days of Mandrake 7, 8, 9 and 10 I travelled
free.  But I realised that the effort in producing great software needed
financial support, and so I became a paid member of the Mandrake (now
Mandriva) Club.  

Is there any relationship (other than the blood of Christ) between the
e-Sword project and the Sword Project?  Does the Crosswire Bible Society
intend to have a range of translations available for sale?

Is the current NASB module to be a free or "paid for" product?

Many thanks, and God Bless

Andrew Greig
Melbourne, Australia