<div dir="ltr"><div>It's a good idea to put this in the wiki. Might I recommend (since it appeared previously on this list "<span id=":1i8" tabindex="-1">Legitimate FTP Mirrors & Module Distribution Rights Question"</span>) that the following be added:</div>
<div> </div><div><div>"Modules specifically licensed to Crosswire may not be redistributed. For all others, as long as the license requirements are fulfilled, there is nothing preventing redistribution."</div></div>
<div> </div><div>This is implied from the following dialogue:</div><div> </div><div>On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Andrew Thule <a href="mailto:thulester@gmail.com" target="_blank">thulester@gmail.com</a> wrote:</div>
<div>>> Since Crosswire freely allows modules to be downloaded and governs the<br>>> use of these modules afterwards through the each modules' licensing<br>>> rights, is there something else that precludes their downstream<br>
>> redistribution so long as the original license is honoured and<br>>> preserved? (In other words, if the licenses is established by the<br>>> original module creator, or the license holder for the text, is<br>
>> Crosswire able to impose additional restrictions on the use of the<br>>> text? Should it (not)?)</div><div><br>On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Greg Hellings <<a href="mailto:greg.hellings@gmail.com" target="_blank">greg.hellings@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
<div> <br>> So long as the license requirements are fulfilled, there is nothing preventing redistribution.</div><div>> As I recall, the initial reaction to your announcement was not that you must take it down but</div>
<div>> that you must filter those modules which are licensed for only Crosswire's distribution. Any </div><div>> modules which are in the Public Domain or which have licenses that do not restrict their </div><div>
> distribution to e.g. CrossWire only, you are free to mirror. However, you would have to manually<br>> create such a list by inspecting each module's license individually by hand.</div><div> </div>
<div> </div><div>Inclusion of the above constraint (to limit redistribution to Crosswire licensed modules) would explicitly clarify Crosswire's position.</div><div> </div><div>~A</div></div>