<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 5:12 PM Tobias Klein <<a href="mailto:contact@tklein.info">contact@tklein.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
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I'm following up on the last thread that I started. Who would be interested in actively supporting the following idea:<br>
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- Develop/set up an online platform that sells non-free Bible translations as locked Sword modules<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>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).</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
- Establish a non-profit that becomes a Library Card Holder @ The Digital Bible Library (DBL)<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Sounds like a lot of paperwork.</div><div> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
- Negotiate with Bible Societies to actually get licenses for distributing specific non-free Bible translations<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Sounds like even more paperwork.</div><div> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
- Develop a software that uses the DBL's REST API for automatically creating locked Sword modules<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>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).</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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Anyone interested? We would need:<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.<br></div><div><br></div><div>--Greg</div></div></div>