[xiphos-users] Pericope

[Karl Kleinpaste]

On 5/19/25 4:48 PM, Ed Backell wrote:
> At one time,  we DID have an ESV module. I still have it.
>
> Do you know why permission for distribution was dropped? Any chance we 
> could petition to get it back, especially now that the NASB has given 
> us permission for use?

I have it as well; many thousands of people do. It's unclear how far one 
could let one's personal copies ... migrate.

I understand that ESV's copyright owner decided they were changing how 
they wished to have it distributed. Way back when (2011), ESV was the 
new kid on the block and needed audience and users when Sword got 
permission to distribute. Now ESV is settled and stable and widely used, 
so they don't need us any more. This change kinda sorta coincided with 
their ESV-specific apps on smartphones and tablets. I note that they 
didn't stop BibleGateway or other websites from distributing it.

NASB was first made available to be developoed into a Sword module in 
Jan 2004. It took ~15 years before it was "ready" and that happened 
immediately after ESV permission to distribute was withdrawn.

I'm far more fond of NET and BSB, which are the most recent 
comprehensive translations, and readily available. But my parallel 
choices in Xiphos include NET, BSB, ESV, NASB, and some others.
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