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

[Tobias Klein]

Hi Greg,

Thanks for expressing your interest in this and sharing the vision! :)

POC = Proof of Concept?
I'll come back to you personally.

Best regards,
Tobias

On 12.03.19 23:44, Greg Hellings wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 5:12 PM Tobias Klein <contact at tklein.info 
> <mailto: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
>
>
> This is, technically, trivial. I've created at least two functional 
> POCs in the past that would create a customized download with a 
> uniquely locked key for every "purchaser" (the POC part came in that 
> it didn't actually transact money).
>
>     - Establish a non-profit that becomes a Library Card Holder @ The
>     Digital Bible Library (DBL)
>
>
> Sounds like a lot of paperwork.
>
>     - Negotiate with Bible Societies to actually get licenses for
>     distributing specific non-free Bible translations
>
>
> Sounds like even more paperwork.
>
>     - Develop a software that uses the DBL's REST API for
>     automatically creating locked Sword modules
>
>
> If the DBL's REST API is reasonable and well-behaved, this would be a 
> very simple task as well. The programmatic creation of SWORD modules 
> from pre-parsed text is very simple and straightforward (the biggest 
> complexities in our module creation process comes from the rigid 
> nature of how we store scriptures on disk vs the great freedoms we 
> offer to module creators in the XML we accept and in the parsing of 
> the XML).
>
>
>     Anyone interested? We would need:
>
>
> I am keenly interested. I believe that lack of modern English 
> translations is a huge detriment to the SWORD ecosystem. It's one of 
> the main reasons I don't use any of our apps on a regular basis. The 
> only thing that has stopped me, in the past, has been the social back 
> pressure from other members of the CrossWire community who, for 
> reasons still opaque to me, oppose the existence of a separate entity 
> that is not affiliated with CrossWire that distributes for-pay SWORD 
> modules.
>
> Since I have print copies of all the modern English translations I 
> want, I have no true pressing need for such to exist, as much as I 
> really wish it did. Thus, rather than fly in the face of others in the 
> community to scratch my own personal itch, I have opted against such 
> and continue to solely use dead tree editions for reading and studying 
> and limit my digital interactions to search.
>
> I foresee that you'll also find that many of our core, active members 
> are still of the opinion that such an entity would be a negative 
> thing. As I mentioned, I do not comprehend their objections but have 
> not made a strong effort to really find out why their objection 
> exists. It would, for me, be nothing more than a pet project more 
> answering the question of, "Is it possible, technically", and that 
> answer has already been given by my POCs for me.
>
> --Greg
>
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