[sword-devel] Eclectic Questions re: CLI, OSIS markup of Trinitarian referents, and the 1662 BCP as a module

[Michael Johnson]

Actually, the Letters Patent (not an actual copyright) that cover the KJV and Book of Common Prayer are not included in the Berne Convention and the DMCA. Those books are in the Public Domain in the USA. Full stop.
Now, if you want to print copies of either of those books and import them into England or Wales, you need permission from the Crown Printer. It seems that King James failed to mention exclusive rights for digital publishing, though. Therefore, if you want to create a module for the 1662 BCP, go for it. As a courtesy, you could ask for the blessing of a Royal printer if you like.

On 6/28/19 6:16 AM, David Haslam wrote:
> The 1662 BCP is indeed copyright under Royal Letters Patent in the same way as the KJV. 
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> The main concern of the UK publishers that have a Royal warrant to distribute the KJV is to ensure that it is faithfully reproduced and that copyright is duly acknowledged. 
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> The KJV is not Public Domain everywhere outside the UK either. In the USA (eg) it’s copyright because of treaty obligations within the terms of the Berne Convention and the DMCA. In theory, copyright responsibity in the USA still belongs to the American Bible Society. 
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> It’s a tricky topic, but not one we could possibly manage by restricting downloads to outside the UK, given the fact that user location can be anonymised by using a VPN service. 
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> If we were to create a module for the 1662 BCP, we’d probably need to clear it with at least one of the Royal printers such as CUP or OUP. 
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> NB. This is not legal advice. 
> I am not a copyright lawyer. 
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> Best regards,
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> David
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> On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 00:38, Justin Bellars <jbellars at gmail.com <mailto:jbellars at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> Greetings all,
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>> I have known Troy for quite some time, but have only recently made any effort to get involved with the Sword project. I have some newbie questions. Troy suggested I pose them to the list, so here goes...
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>> 1. When using the Sword CLI (diatheke), I'm not sure how to download/install new modules (other than the defaults)... I can't find anything on the Wiki that speaks to this either. Can someone direct me to common CLI commands for module management everyone should know?
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>> 2. I'm also wondering about OSIS markup...
>> I'm fairly certain that the NASB is the only (en-US, en-UK, en-CA, etc.) translation that seems to capitalize pronouns where a member of the Trinity is the referent. Are there tags/XML constructions that can be added around pronouns or inflected verbs that indicate that the subject is a member of the Trinity (e.g. in the event you were performing a search about the attributes of God or want to toggle capitalization in a given language to make it more obvious who the "He" is?)?
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>> 3. And now a Sword module question... I believe the 1662 Book of Common Prayer falls under the same restrictions as the KJV - in the UK, the rights are owned by the Crown, but everywhere else, it seems to be considered Public Domain... is it cool to markup a copy in OSIS for creating a Sword module? Or only if it isn't distributed in the UK?
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>> If you can answer any of these questions, I would appreciate the info.
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>> Best regards,
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>> Justin
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