Forwarding from debian-legal :)
----- Forwarded message from "W. Borgert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- From: "W. Borgert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: KJV Bible - Crown Copyright in UK [was: Bug#338077: ITP: sword-text-kvj -- King James Version with Strongs Numbers and Morphology] To: [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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. According to Christian belief, the bible is the "word of God". According to Nietzsche (in 1882), "God is dead". So the author of the bible is dead since at least 120 years. How can the copyright still hold? Cheers, WB -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Yours sincerely, Alexander -- http://learn.to/quote/ http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
