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

[Tobias Klein]

David, you understood me correctly. I agree with everything you said.

Best regards,
Tobias

On 12.03.19 23:42, David Haslam wrote:
> Peter,
>
> If I understand Tobias aright ....
>
> It wouldn’t be CrossWire selling the copyright modules.
>
> A new ministry would be set up.
>
> All we’d need to do at some stage is to add their repository to our 
> Master Repos List.
>
> Tobias can readily clarify if I’ve missed the main gist of his proposal.
>
> David
>
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>
> On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 22:32, Peter von Kaehne <refdoc at gmx.net 
> <mailto:refdoc at gmx.net>> wrote:
>> I would actively oppose this proposal.
>>
>> Leaving aside a few popular but otherwise irrelevant texts (NIV etc)
>> 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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