>b) The HTML2Sword Module code is distributed under the GNU >GPL. > >c) The e-Sword license prohibits reverse engineering. I wouldn't be >surprised if Rick considered an e-Sword2Sword Project tool to be >reverse engineering, and a violation of the e-Sword license. > >All of which is a roundabout way of saying you are much safer legally, >in creating a tool that ignores the existence of e-Sword.
Disclaimer: IANAL. Reverse engeering for compatability is legal in the United States and Europe. Examples include Samba, WINE, Accolade vs. Sega, Linux (from UNIX), Kaffe (from Java). Here is some info: http://www.chillingeffects.org/reverse/faq.cgi#QID195 I don't see how the GNU GPL has any bearing on this issue. It would be legal to develop and distribute a tool that converts the e-Sword NIV text to the SWORD format, and it would be legal to use the data, but it would probably not be legal to re-distribute the NIV data. For copyrighted and restricted texts like the NIV, the tool would be less useful. _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: [email protected] http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
