I don't see the problem in allowing compatibility for e-sword modules, they are just an access database password protected,<br>if the user paid for one -- i did -- then it makes sense, the only problem is it uses RTF format which is annoying to parse.<br>
<br>But anyway, if interested, I found a pretty decent c++ written rtf parser that i was going to attempt to use.<br><br>-Jim<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 10:09 PM, Jonathan Morgan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jonmmorgan@gmail.com">jonmmorgan@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 5:24 AM, Jónatas<br>
Ferreira<<a href="mailto:jonatasferreira@mac.com">jonatasferreira@mac.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Em 2009/07/27, às 13:59, <a href="mailto:sword-devel-request@crosswire.org">sword-devel-request@crosswire.org</a> escreveu:<br>
<div class="im">><br>
>> It doesn't seem all that impossible. At those prices, mental math says<br>
>> the breakeven is 500 copies. You just need the $10000 up front.<br>
>><br>
>> If ten CrossWire people kicked in $1000 each (or twenty people @ $500<br>
>> each), and if (a big if?) there was a reasonable expectation of selling<br>
>> 500 NIV modules within a year or two, it would be doable. Are there 500<br>
>> CrossWire users interested in the NIV at this price? Doing something<br>
>> like that would change the "feel" of what CrossWire is, somewhat, so the<br>
>> group would have to decide if this sort of venture is something it<br>
>> *wants* to do. But to me, it sounds fairly feasible, *if* the group<br>
>> chooses to make it a serious goal.<br>
>><br>
</div>>> Jonathan<br>
><br>
> The problem with charging for a module for Sword is that, generally, when<br>
> people think about open-source they think "free" and they don't want to pay<br>
> for anything. One example that proves my point is that, whenever someone<br>
> tries to sell Sword copies, people come here and ask if it is legal to sell<br>
> copies of Sword.<br>
<br>
And e-Sword costs how much? I know what you mean, but it is more<br>
legal to sell Sword frontends than it is to sell e-Sword.<br>
<br>
While many people do see e-Sword as free and don't want to pay for<br>
anything with it, obviously others are buying the NIV, NKJV, Message,<br>
etc. to make it worth selling it. I don't know whether it would be<br>
the same with Sword, but I imagine so.<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
Jon<br>
<br>
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