[sword-devel] Platform for the distribution of non-free Sword Modules

[Greg Hellings]

On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 5:34 PM Peter von Kaehne <refdoc at gmx.net> wrote:

> I would actively oppose this proposal.
>
> Leaving aside a few popular but otherwise irrelevant texts (NIV etc)
>

Why do you say "irrelevant", when there are regular requests from people -
both like Tobais as well as people more meekly asking in other fora - for
exactly that module (and others; NRSV is of keen interest to me along with
the Jerusalem/New Jerusalem Bibles and a UBS 5th ed complete with
apparatus). What is "irrelevant" about a module that users are requesting?

--Greg

there is nothing gained in this proposal. I do not want us to sell
> texts and by and large we get the texts we really want or need for
> free.
>
> DBL is a matter of concern - agreed. But not the rest.
>
> Peter
>
> On Tue, 2019-03-12 at 22:19 +0000, David Haslam wrote:
> > I first had to learn what the jargon meant - which just about
> > demonstrated that there are some aspects of this proposal for which
> > I’m not ideally suited.
> >
> >
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_state_transfer?wprov=sfti1
> >
> > David
> >
> > Sent from ProtonMail Mobile
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 22:11, Tobias Klein <contact at tklein.info>
> > wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm following up on the last thread that I started. Who would be
> > > interested in actively supporting the following idea:
> > >
> > > - Develop/set up an online platform that sells non-free Bible
> > > translations as locked Sword modules
> > > - Establish a non-profit that becomes a Library Card Holder @ The
> > > Digital Bible Library (DBL)
> > > - Negotiate with Bible Societies to actually get licenses for
> > > distributing specific non-free Bible translations
> > > - Develop a software that uses the DBL's REST API for automatically
> > > creating locked Sword modules
> > >
> > > Anyone interested? We would need:
> > > - People who handle communication/negotiation
> > > - People who know how to set up an online platform (ideally with
> > > web programming skills)
> > > - People who create the software that creates sword modules from
> > > the DBL REST API.
> > > - People with admin/accounting skills
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Tobias
> >
> >
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