[sword-devel] File sharing website

[Peter von Kaehne]

I think this is a really good idea - and if you can pull it off, more
strength to you.

Please forgive my initial reluctance.

I think you are right wrt PD bibles being more or less done - what is
out there has been collected over the years and what joins are the
occasional new digitisation - where we are often the first. But books
etc are a useful addition and much neglected. 

Peter

On Sat, 2017-02-18 at 09:28 -0700, Matt Zabojnik wrote:
> My aim would be to hold only to Public Domain works, and only accept
> copyrighted works that have been licensed. (Therefore, copyrighted
> works would be quite scarce) Anything that is not public domain would
> have to be reviewed prior to publishing.
> I think it would be a good place to make and refine modules, with
> testing and feedback going on, prior to the modules being submitted
> to Crosswire for repository additions.
> For English, most Bibles are already in SWORD format, so that
> probably wouldn't be the main bulk of content. Rather dictionaries,
> references, commentaries, books, and maps/atlases would be more of a
> focus. (I've started to put together an open-source mapping
> collaboration as well, to eventually be put into SWORD format- this
> could be developed there as well)
> 
> By the way, to you who want to dispute whether copyrights are right,
> remember that is not the purpose of this topic. The website I'm
> proposing will walk in agreement with and with honor toward copyright
> holders, regardless of someone's convictions (or lack thereof)
> relating to copyrighting issues.
> 
> Blessings in Christ,
> Matt
> 
> 
> On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 1:18 AM, refdoc at gmx.net <refdoc at gmx.net>
> wrote:
> > In general I have found people who are careless about copyrights
> > are also careless about the text. That kind of mitigates against
> > being useful for spreading the gospel. At least in a substantial
> > fashion. The abuses by copyright holders are well known too, but my
> > experience with non-English copyright holders is by and large a
> > desire to spread texts, as long as they are faithfully represented.
> > And for English we have so many good texts, the desire to have an
> > NIV etc in our portfolio is a desire, but far from a necessity.
> > 
> > Peter
> > 
> > Peter
> > 
> > Peter
> > 
> > Sent from my mobile. Please forgive shortness, typos and weird
> > autocorrects.
> > 
> > 
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: Re: [sword-devel] File sharing website
> > From: Jaak Ristioja 
> > To: sword-devel at crosswire.org
> > CC: 
> > 
> > 
> > On 18.02.2017 01:47, refdoc at gmx.net wrote:
> > > If you look at the content of the site you link to there is
> > massive
> > > copyright infringement going on. How would you plan to avoid
> > this?
> > 
> > As a sidenote, I do hope that this copyright is not a hindrance to
> > the
> > spread of the Gospel and to the kingdom of God.
> > 
> > J
> > 
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