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

[Greg Hellings]

On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 2:08 AM Tobias Klein <contact at tklein.info> wrote:

> Hi Greg,
>
> Thanks for expressing your interest in this and sharing the vision! :)
>
> POC = Proof of Concept?
> I'll come back to you personally.
>
Yes, a proof of concept implementation that allowed each user to click
through to "purchase" a given module. A new locked version would be
generated at that time with a unique key for the individual and offered to
them for download. I'm a developer, though, not a web designer or UX type
of person. So the look and experience was rough. I just wanted to prove to
myself and others that it could be done. It was a minimal amount of work to
do that from a technical standpoint.

--Greg

> 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> 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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