[xiphos-users] e-Sword modules to Xiphos

[Jose Isaias Cabrera]

From: Karl Kleinpaste, on November 16, 2021 11:22 AM, wrote...
> 
> On 11/16/21 11:11 AM, Jose Isaias Cabrera wrote:
> I have e-Sword modules that I would like to convert to Xiphos.
> 
> Regrets, Sword and e-sword are unrelated, and the module formats are not
> compatible. There is no conversion process.
> 
> Many years ago, we were about to add support for direct usage of e-sword
> modules, that is, without needing conversion, just install them
> appropriately and use them as-is. We were threatened legally by Rick
> Meyers' people, and after demonstrating that the then-current incarnation
> of e-sword's modules had no actual password protection, Meyers went silent
> and released a completely re-worked e-sword module system less than 2
> months later. That's why there exist e.g. both .bbl and .bblx modules in
> e-sword.

Thanks for the explanation. Sometimes I wonder about all of these possessive attitudes with things that do not even belong to us, and should be freely distributed. I wonder what is God thinking on this?  I have a pretty good idea. Thanks, Karl.

josé