[sword-devel] New LXX module

[Troy A. Griffitts]

We've had a process to create an LXXM module  from this source for quite some time. It can be created from this script in the sword-tools repo:

http://crosswire.org/svn/sword-tools/trunk/modules/lxxm/convert.sh

The issue we had at the time was the CCAT license which basically required every user of the source to sign a contract and submit it to the copyright holder.

http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/gopher/text/religion/biblical/lxxmorph/0-readme.txt

We had some discussion with Dr. Kraft many years ago. I remember he seemed encouraging that something might be worked out, but no permission to distribute without this registration requirement was ever finally granted.

At the time, the module was made into a genbook and can be seen on swordweb, which used to work well, integrated with Perseus lexical aids on word click and such, but seems to have regressed with filter changes over the years

http://crosswire.org/study/bookdisplay.jsp?mod=LXXM

On January 4, 2018 4:56:18 AM MST, Peter Von Kaehne <refdoc at gmx.net> wrote:
>Here is the best source I could find
>
>http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/gopher/text/religion/biblical/lxxmorph/01.Gen.1.mlxx
>
>
>
>> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 04. Januar 2018 um 10:53 Uhr
>> Von: "Peter Von Kaehne" <refdoc at gmx.net>
>> An: sword-devel at crosswire.org
>> Betreff: Re: [sword-devel] New LXX module
>>
>> Von: Cyrille <lafricain79 at gmail.com>
>> 
>> > Hello,
>> > Currently the LXX module use the default versification not the lxx!
>:)
>> > What to do?
>> 
>> I think our LXX module is ancient and derived from an old OLB module
>at a time when we neither had alternative versifications nor the
>convictions we have now regarding going always back to the source.
>Which in turn means that we most certainly will not have any source
>OSIS lying around. 
>> 
>> I think the best way forward is an entirely new module. 
>> 
>> Fortunately the conf file of the existing module points at a number
>of potential sources - the likeliest one for free use is CCAT. I looked
>at it last night - it is a clear text, highly marked up text, but using
>a exceedingly ancient and odd format - not Greek unicode but marked up
>ASCII and worse. There are though rules for this kind of thing, to get
>transformation to a Greek accented unicode text. I have seen it before.
>
>> 
>> Looking at CrossWire's subversion repositories there is a fair amount
>of work done on LXX related versifications, which Chris clearly had in
>mind to finish but never did. 
>> 
>> Wrt the wider question of keeping source files for collaborative work
>- we do keep source about, since I started doing the module uploads, so
>currently we hold teh source for about 80 or so modules. But this does
>not apply to older things. Sharing this widely for collaborative work
>is not always possible though. The Septuaginta though should be
>perfectly sharable and indeed best be stored on a public git server. I
>agree. But do check if anyone of the source providers has slapped
>copyrights onto it. Some big source text providers are not very
>friendly wrt open source etc and not entirely adverse to making vague
>and spurious claims. 
>> 
>> Yours
>> 
>> Peter
>> 
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