I don't see the problem in allowing compatibility for e-sword modules, they are just an access database password protected, if the user paid for one -- i did -- then it makes sense, the only problem is it uses RTF format which is annoying to parse.
But anyway, if interested, I found a pretty decent c++ written rtf parser that i was going to attempt to use. -Jim On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 10:09 PM, Jonathan Morgan <jonmmor...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 5:24 AM, Jónatas > Ferreira<jonatasferre...@mac.com> wrote: > > > > Em 2009/07/27, às 13:59, sword-devel-requ...@crosswire.org escreveu: > > > >> It doesn't seem all that impossible. At those prices, mental math says > >> the breakeven is 500 copies. You just need the $10000 up front. > >> > >> If ten CrossWire people kicked in $1000 each (or twenty people @ $500 > >> each), and if (a big if?) there was a reasonable expectation of selling > >> 500 NIV modules within a year or two, it would be doable. Are there 500 > >> CrossWire users interested in the NIV at this price? Doing something > >> like that would change the "feel" of what CrossWire is, somewhat, so the > >> group would have to decide if this sort of venture is something it > >> *wants* to do. But to me, it sounds fairly feasible, *if* the group > >> chooses to make it a serious goal. > >> > >> Jonathan > > > > The problem with charging for a module for Sword is that, generally, when > > people think about open-source they think "free" and they don't want to > pay > > for anything. One example that proves my point is that, whenever someone > > tries to sell Sword copies, people come here and ask if it is legal to > sell > > copies of Sword. > > And e-Sword costs how much? I know what you mean, but it is more > legal to sell Sword frontends than it is to sell e-Sword. > > While many people do see e-Sword as free and don't want to pay for > anything with it, obviously others are buying the NIV, NKJV, Message, > etc. to make it worth selling it. I don't know whether it would be > the same with Sword, but I imagine so. > > Jon > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
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