[CS-FSLUG] Macs and Linux use in CD Vol 80 - Issue 11

[Jon Glass]

On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 4:44 PM, sjm <sjm.mlists at gmail.com> wrote:
> The one other problem specifically with Bible programs is that many of the
> copyright holders of the popular translations haven't (won't?) release their
> translation to the SWORD project.
>

That brings up an entirely different topic. If open source software is
good, why are all modern Bibles closed, copyrighted, and heavily
defended? Should Bible translation be (merely) a commercial
proposition?

Of course, that said, there are three modern Bibles available on
Sword: ESV, NET and WEB Bibles.

Actually, this whole topic of Open Source, Linux, Bible resources,
etc. is a topic that is something I've thought long and hard about,
but have no "answers"... worse, it would make for a long and
definitely boring read were It to write it all down. Needless to say,
I'm a big supporter of the Sword Project. ;-)

-- 
 -Jon Glass
Krakow, Poland
<jonglass at usa.net>

"I don't believe in philosophies. I believe in fundamentals." --Jack Nicklaus