Aloha! I have the source for the MEV already, and can quickly create a Sword module for it. All I lack is the permission to do so, and to know if it could be distributed through eBible.org, Crosswire main, or both.
On 04/26/2018 05:33 AM, Matt Zabojnik wrote: > Hello, > > I have been in contact with the publisher of the MEV, and they have agreed to > publish through The SWORD Project. I need help with sending them a contract > from CrossWire, and possibly also with module conversion. I'll do as much as > I can for module conversion, but I'm no software engineer. Just a hobbyist. > > They need contract info from me (which I need from ya'll), and I need to > request source docs from them. Is there a standard way of doing this? > > Do I need a git repository if others in the community are to assist? > > Below is an excerpt from my email exchange with MEV starting with one of > their replies, > > Hello again, Matt: > > I've received word that we would like to go ahead and move forward with > setting up the MEV text in the online E-Sword application. > > Martha McDonnough, copied here, is going to be your starting point for > coordination of the project details. Please respond to Martha with your > proposal and write-up for how the SWORD Project works and how the MEVtext > will be distributed and managed. Following receipt of those details, we can > take the next steps in writing up an agreement to facilitate the partnership. > > > -------- > > Hello Dan and Martha, > > Thank you for reaching out to me again, and I'm excited to move forward. > > I do need to clarify a few things first to make sure there isn't a > misunderstanding between us. There is a distinction between e-Sword > (http://www.e-sword.net <http://www.e-sword.net/>) and The SWORD Project > (http://crosswire.org <http://crosswire.org/>). > > I am working within the latter, The SWORD Project. > > There are a few different ways this could be brought about, which I leave > to your team to decide. I want to provide flexibility for you where I can. > Both options require me to convert the MEV from source materials you provide, > into the format that is readable by the software provided by The SWORD > Project. > > Option 1: Free Distribution > The first option is to allow me to publish the MEV within The SWORD > Project for free. In this case, it would be Copyrighted, with permission > granted exclusively to Crosswire for distribution. It would be freely > downloadable on any platform (Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, Android, iOS, and a > few other less significant operating systems). An example of this is the ESV > published by Crossway. They allow the ESV to be distributed for free, under > copyright, with permission granted only to Crosswire for distribution. > With this option, the files would be hosted and managed by the Crosswire > Bible Society. > > Option 2: Paid Distribution > The Crosswire Bible Society is a non-profit organization that does not > accept donations, nor do they handle any payment transactions. They allow > third parties to distribute paid/premium materials, provided that the third > party handles the transaction platform and associated fees. In this case, > permission would be granted exclusively to me (Matt Zabojnik) for > distribution. Unfortunately, I am currently only set-up for transactions on a > payment platform through the Android Google Play App store. If this > is the chosen means of distribution, I would convert the modules and > provide them for sale through an in-app-purchase. Periodically, at your > specified interval, royalty payments would be made for associated purchases > during that given period. Currently, this is what the Lockman Foundation is > doing for the NASB. > With this option, the files would be hosted and managed on a private > server that I maintain. > > Free Distribution is much less complicated, reaches a greater readership > audience, and is preferred- but I understand that it may not be in your best > interest. I want to leave this option open. > > Thank you for taking the time and providing this opportunity, and I look > forward to your response. > > > ----- > > Good afternoon, Matt, > > Please forgive my delay in answering your letter. > > We have decided to go with Option 1 - the Free Distribution of the Modern > English Version (MEV). Please let me know what you will need from us, > including contract information. > > Thanks, and have a blessed evening. > > > > > As an important note, in Option 2, at the time of emailing them, I was under > the impression that this was true. I read some time ago in sword-devel (or > maybe the wiki?) that CrossWire doesn't handle money in any way, but is fine > with 3rd parties distributing modules. (I took that to mean me, and not > publishers only) I can't seem to find that, but I made sure I understood it > before publishing/reselling NASB & NET. So that's why it says that in there. > I realize this may not be the case and I have my facts > mixed up. I'll keep digging through sword-devel and try to find where it was > worded that way. > > Second Note, I didn't know at the time that it's CrossWire, rather than > Crosswire. I'm learning a lot here :) > > > I appreciate in advance any responses I get here. > > Blessings in Christ, > Matt > > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list: [email protected] > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page -- signature Aloha, */Michael Johnson/** PO BOX 881143 • PUKALANI HI 96788-1143*• USA mljohnson.org <http://mljohnson.org> • Phone: +1 808-333-6921 • Skype: kahunapule _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: [email protected] http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
