[CS-FSLUG] KJV Bible - Crown Copyright in UK

[dmc]

Frank Bax wrote:
> At 05:58 AM 11/9/05, 'mash wrote:
>> From: "W. Borgert" <debacle at debian.org>
>> Subject: Re: KJV Bible - Crown Copyright in UK [was: Bug#338077: ITP:
>> sword-text-kvj -- King James Version with Strongs Numbers and
>> Morphology]
>> To: debian-legal at lists.debian.org, lionel at mamane.lu,
>>         roberto at familiasanchez.net
>> Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 18:03:45 +0000
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 06:16:52PM +0100, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote:
>>> This makes the KJV of the bible non-free in GB and probably even
>>> illegal to distribute at all in GB, unless the Crown gives a blanket
>>> license for electronic distribution. Does it?
>> ...
>>> Please investigate this before uploading to Debian.
> 
> 
> http://www.thomasnelson.com/consumer/dept.asp?dept_id=190660&TopLevel_id=190000
> 
> Up to 1,000 verses (inclusive) from assorted books of the New King James 
> Version® (NKJV") may be quoted in printed (e.g., book, brochure, magazine, 
> newsletter, lesson outline), visual (e.g., film, videotape), and electronic 
> forms (e.g., computer diskette, CD-ROM, on-line) without written 
> permission, as long as the verses quoted do not amount to 50% of a complete 
> book of the Bible and do not make up 50% or more of the total text of the 
> work in which they are quoted.
> 
> These uses of the NKJV must be acknowledged by an appropriate copyright 
> notice as listed in Section II of this policy statement. Permission is 
> contingent upon an appropriate copyright acknowledgment.


Why bother?  ;-)

How about using the translated-to-be-free (as in Grace)
NET Bible.

A more modern translation from superior and more complete
resources including over 60,000 translators notes so one
may see what the alternatives were and the reasoning for
the translation chosen.

It is time to move away from the commercialization of
the Word of God.

-- 
Respectfully,

David Colburn, D.Min., M.A.Co.

Freelance Journalist/Writer,
Crisis, Family, & Individual Counselor,
Minister of Discipleship:
First Baptist Church of Spring Hill.

Echoes of Eden Blog: http://bibleseven.com/blog1/blog.html

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