Troy, we had them free for a while, then took a year to get a contract, now we sell them
Drew ----- Original Message ----- From: "Troy A. Griffitts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 9:44 PM Subject: [sword-devel] Re: CrossWire > Alicia, > Thank you for taking the time to consider our offer. Your texts have > been removed from public circulation from our site. > > We still list them in our module section but the user will be > redirected to contact you if they are interested in obtaining your texts. > > Again, please let me know if there is any way we might serve you. > > As a last request, your three Indonesian translations were our only > means to reach Indonesian speaking people groups. I'm sure your > organization would know if there is a good, freely distributable Bible > translation available to the Indonesian people. If you do know of one, > may I ask for you to point us in that direction so we might again extend > the Gospel to these people. > > Thank you for your service for our Lord, > -Troy A. Griffitts. > > > > Alicia Ch. wrote: > > Greetings from Indonesia. > > > > I am sorry for a very late response due to activities during the end of > > year 2002. > > > > After a discussion within LAI staff, it was decided that we still do not > > want our Bible texts to be put as free domain at the internet. That is > > why we want you to remove all the three Bible texts copyrighted by > > the Indonesian Bible Society as free texts, ASAP, before the end of > > January 2003. People who need Indonesian Bible texts could > > download the texts through a request with charges. > > > > In the meantime, we thank you for your offer to have a free use of the > > SWORD software. Our distribution department will consider this. > > > > In His service, > > Alicia Ch. > > > > > > On 16 Oct 2002 at 13:42, Troy A. Griffitts wrote: > > > > > >>Alicia, > >> Just wanted to give you a little background as to what CrossWire Bible > >>Society exactly does. Our goal is to technically support other Bible > >>societies with computer software and services. We have a Bible text > >>research engine that runs on most all platforms, including Windows, > >>Linux, Solaris, MacOSX, and others. And also works on a variety of > >>platforms, including desktops, corporate servers, web servers, and > >>handhelds. You will find more detailed information on these tools at > >>our website: http://www.crosswire.org > >> > >> The same engine undergirds all of these tools. The engine is called > >>The SWORD Project. Any SWORD module (Bible, commentary, dictionary, > >>etc.) should work in any implementations. For example, a linux web > >>server running our web interface that lets user search texts online can > >>use all the same modules as a windows desktop running our end user > >>windows study tools. Making your texts available as a sword module > >>opens so many venues for presentation of your texts. > >> > >> CrossWire's policy regarding use of our software is governed by the GNU > >>General Public License, which basically states that anyone may use our > >>tools royalty free, as long as they make the tools available for free. > >>Oddly, this means that you may even charge your users for our tools, as > >>long as they know they may obtain them for free, online. > >> > >> This DOES NOT mean that your texts would be governed by this license-- > >>only our software. We want to make sure our tools remain free for > >>organization and ministries. We leave the regulation of the use of your > >>texts to your organization. For example, you could produce a CD that > >>includes our software, and sell that CD. Officially, the price paid > >>would be for your texts, and not our software. The only stipulation is > >>that the user must be made aware that the _software_ (not your texts) > >>may be freely obtained over the internet. > >> > >> All source code for our tools is offered to allow you to change our > >>tools to suite your needs. We have a committed staff of professional > >>software engineers that donate their time to develop these tools and > >>support organizations that wish to utilize them in their ministry. > >>These services are also offered to you freely. > >> > >> You may read our purpose statement at a link from our main site, if you > >>wish to have more detailed information about what we do. > >> > >> My hope is that we may cooperate in service together for our Lord in > >>furthering His Kingdom. As a member of a body, we provide our technical > >>expertise; we desperately need your expertise of the Indonesian people > >>groups. > >> > >> Thank you for your consideration. > >> > >> In Him, > >> > >> -Troy A. Griffitts > >> Director > >> CrossWire Bible Society > >> http://www.crosswire.org > >> > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Translation Department of > > The Indonesian Bible Society (LAI) > > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel
