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

[David Haslam]

The setup executables in some paid for Windows software downloads are individualised to the customer's name.

EditPad Pro is one such example.

I'm surprised the method isn't more widespread.

David

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On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 16:03, Greg Hellings <greg.hellings at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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