Nikolay is mentioned as the author and his email is given inside the modules in the ini file. So I contacted him. I enquired into the copyright status of these Bibles and got the following response. I deleted his name and geo-address, but will forward the complete email to Troy and Chris. I guess at least the Russian bit of the collection is fair game and would be a great enhancement to our software. I presume the forum link explains the copyright status even more, so maybe someone with Russian knowledge should have a further look.
Peter ------------------------------ Здравствуйте, Peter. Вы писали 12 июня 2008 г., 19:44:05: > > Dear brother in Christ, > > My name is Peter von Kaehne and I am a volunteer from the Crosswire > > project (www.crosswire.org) for Bible Software. > > I stumbled today over the wonderful collection of material at http://bqt.ru/ > > Are these texts available as Public Domain? What is the copyright status > > of them? Could we make use of them for our software? > > Yours in Christ > > Peter von Kaehne Дорогой брат во Христе, меня зовут Николай XXXXXXXXX. Тексты не защищены авторским правом. Вы можете использовать тексты для вашего программного обеспечения. Благослови вас Бог! Смотрите также http://www.evangelie.ru/forum/t28497.html Ваш во Христе Николай XXXXXXXX, XXXXX, XXXXXX Dear brother in Christ, My name is Nikolay XXXXXXXXXX. Texts are not copyrighted. You can use texts for your software. Look also http://www.evangelie.ru/forum/t28497.html Yours in Christ Nikolay xxxxxxxx, xxxxx, xxxxxxxx [name and address deleted - Peter] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page