[sword-devel] Virtual modules (parallelism) & fragmentary texts

Sat Sep 8 10:16:12 MST 2018

Peter, I have never published a module illegally or breached copyright.
What modules do you believe I've submitted that were not bona fide?  Can
you even name a single module I've submitted?  I've asked you for specifics
before and you've not provided them - as God is my witness.

False claims of copyright infringement are the method by which you bully
others away, and justify your questionable conduct. The thing about false
witness is eventually you need to either provide evidence or expose
yourself as false.   So I don't need to dress anything up in pious
language.  Your hostility and brutish behavior towards me is evident to
all.

The last two times I've contacted this list:

1. I asked an honest question about an error message.  You responded with
hostility.
2. I asked about the versification implications of a whiteboard idea.  You
responded with hostility.

Has there been even a single response from you towards me that was not
hostile?  Given that this effort is suppose to be a community effort, it's
odd that it's always you trying to drive willing contributors away.
I agree, our mailing list is not open to distribution of modules which are
not bona fide.  So show me one that convicts me or stop your bullying.
When discussion isn't even about modules, but about error messages, or
whiteboard ideas, how about you exhibit the character Christ calls you to
exhibit?

To try to move this forward and beyond this recurring silliness lets agree
to let the past be the past.  I would sincerely like the opportunity to
contribute to this project without your constant hostility.  Whatever
wrongs you believe I've committed do as Christ commands -  Matt 18:21-22.
 With charity give me the benefit of the doubt and let others see your
faith in action.

P.S. For those who have stumbled on this exchange, the list is public, and
from the archive you can see that Peter's hostile claims are false; and my
response to his hostility has always been charitable.  More than anything
else when a prominent contributor to a so-called Christian project acts in
a way that clearly contradicts the tenets of the faith it calls into
question the faith.

On Sat, Sep 8, 2018 at 8:56 AM refdoc at gmx.net <refdoc at gmx.net> wrote:

> I think you are mixing up disapproval/dislike of you as a person with
> disapproval of your work and disagreement on distribution of the same via
> our channels.
>
> You have been publishing and announcing on far too many occasions modules
> which we believe to be illegally distributed. Once all is discussed without
> resolution for far too long time in the end only one opinion can prevail,
> and this is our opinion on our lists.
>
> Looking at your latest announcement this has not changed. Our mailing list
> is not open to distribution of modules which are not in our view bona fide
> - quite irrespective of what you think you know better.
>
> You can dress this all up in as pious language as you like , but the
> bottom line is that your posts on this list are quite grossly and
> persistently abusive. You are abusing our facilities to promote work we
> asked you to keep of our channels and you are abusing our kindness by
> repeatedly coming out with the same personal accusations.
>
> Do as you like on channels you own but you must abide to our rules on our
> channels, mailing lists and servers. As you feel manifestly unable to do so
> you have no place here.
>
> Peter
>
> P.s. for those who have stumbled into this exchange, Andrew created a set
> of modules from very prominent material we judged to be under copyright. A
> huge discussion happened at the time, he remained entirely unwilling to
> accept that our views should carry on our project. In our view he was
> endangering the project in a significant way. Ever since he pops up here
> again, offering his modules up for "testing".
>
>
> Sent from my mobile. Please forgive shortness, typos and weird
> autocorrects.
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [sword-devel] Virtual modules (parallelism) & fragmentary
> texts
> From: "Andrew T."
> To: SWORD Developers' Collaboration Forum
> CC:
>
>
> I know you do Peter.  Though I am your neighbor, you’ve made your
> hardness-of-heart towards me perfectly clear in previous instances though I
> have not wronged you.  Perhaps God brought me into your life for a reason.
>
>
> Your back-biting gives me opportunity for patience, and forgiveness, and
> Christlikeness.  Thank you for this.  I thank God for it.  Any one who has
> seen our interactions on this list can judge rightly who is modeling the
> savior they profess, and who has hardness of heart.  Has anyone else in
> your life called out your hypocrisy with honest love?  Perhaps they’re
> afraid.
>
>
> Therefore, I encourage you to pray: pray for patience, and God’s wisdom,
> pray for the ability to show yourself as a letter from Christ delivered,
> written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not in digital
> Sword modules, but on tablets of human hearts.  Pray also - that you fully
> behold the glory of the Lord, being transformed into the same image, from
> one degree of glory to the next. For this comes from the Lord who is the
> Spirit (2 Cor 3).
>
>
> If I ceased to work on this project, whether in public or in silence I
> would be accountable to God.  If you block me on the list, as you did
> previously, you yourself can account.
>
>
> Personal stuff aside, have you considered my observations about virtual
> modules and versification?
>
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 8, 2018 at 4:40 AM refdoc at gmx.net <refdoc at gmx.net> wrote:
>
>> I think Andrew, it would be all round better if you moved on.
>> Permanently.
>>
>> There is no place here in this project for you to offer your modules
>> whether for "testing" or otherwise.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Sent from my mobile. Please forgive shortness, typos and weird
>> autocorrects.
>>
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: [sword-devel] Virtual modules (parallelism) & fragmentary texts
>> From: "Andrew T."
>> To: SWORD Developers' Collaboration Forum
>> CC:
>>
>>
>> The wiki’s whiteboard shows discussion about support for virtual modules:
>> https://wiki.crosswire.org/Whiteboard/Virtual_Modules
>>
>> Specifically the idea of pushing parallelism back to the API has
>> potentially great benefit for modules built from incomplete MSS. For
>> example, I’ve compared the English translation of say the Dead Sea Scrolls
>> 4Q2 Genesis found here:
>>
>> http://dssenglishbible.com/genesis%201.htm
>>
>> With the LEB translation (v2.7 contained in the Sword project) or found
>> here:
>>
>> https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Gen+1%3A1-2&version=LEB
>>
>> I’ve found similar enough translation style and word choice between the
>> two that a case could be made they are complimentary.  In terms of
>> completeness the DSS are fragmentary  compared to Masoretic text (MT).  Yet
>> more than 20% of the scrolls found at Qumran are copies of books found in
>> the Hebrew bible (published largely in Discoveries in the Judean Desert
>> (DJD)); show us what scripture looked like in the century preceding Christ;
>> disclose ancient writing styles and spellings; and reveal the formation of
>> biblical canon (exhibiting source elements of, Masoretic text, LXX and
>> Samaritan Pentateuch. For example see:
>>
>>
>> https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1006&context=sba
>>
>> Yet creating a sword module from such important yet still fragmentary
>> material leaves gaps most Sword applications don’t do well with. (I’m
>> speaking from experience.  I have such a module)
>>
>> However the idea of virtual modules might solve this.  Consider the
>> syntax:
>>
>> <verse osisID="LEB:Gen.1.1">In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth —</verse>
>> <verse osisID="DSS:Gen.1.1">In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.</verse>
>>
>> ...
>>
>> <verse osisID="LEB:Gen.1.9">And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so.</verse>
>> <verse osisID="DSS:Gen.1.1">And God said, “Let the waters underneath the heavens be gathered together in once place, and let dr[y land] appear.” And it was so. [And the waters under the heavens gathered together to their place] and the dr[y land] appeared.</verse> <verse osisID="ACV:Gen.1.1">In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.</verse>
>>
>> Or:
>>
>> <verse osisID="Gen.1.1">
>> <seg type="x-parallel" subType="x-LEB">In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth -</seg>
>> <seg type="x-parallel" subType="x-DSS">In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.</seg>
>> </verse>
>>
>>
>> This solves the problem of modules with fragmentary missing bits, buts
>> introduces a new problem; namely collision between different
>> versification.  Consider, for example, a case where parallel versions
>> contain practically the same versification except the latter includes Psalm
>> 151.  Does a whole new versification then need to be introduced?  Or how
>> about two versions with completely different versifications, or
>> non-standard versifications.  (My DSS module mostly agrees with the LXX
>> versification save for a handful of exceptions, I think Ps.151 being one).
>>
>> So my question: has development on any of this been advanced?  If I
>> create a module with parallel syntax such as above, is there anyway (or
>> anyone interested) in testing?
>>
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