[CS-FSLUG] KJV Bible - Crown Copyright in UK
Frank Bax
fbax at sympatico.ca
Wed Nov 9 06:33:48 CST 2005
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.
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