2005-05-23 23:15:00 

2005-05-23 23:15:00 
Pirating God’s Word…
NASB is my favorite translation, but it is copyrighted… and I would have to buy a separate license for every copy I have (if I had three computers I would have to purchase the NASB Bible software three times to put it on all three) and would have serious limitations in using it (I could not make copies of large passages without permission). So looking for free alternatives, I have also tried KJV …but other people have a difficult time understanding this translation. Most other versions I have looked at are too wordy or imprecise… what do you use and why? 


Phil – email – 2005-05-24 17:02:39
I’d recommend looking closer at the relevant laws. I’m not sure that they can stop you from using software that you rightly purchased as long as you are only running one copy at a time. Of course, given the shambled state of US Copyright law, this completely reasonable thing may not be legal, but it would be worth checking. 

Also, equating copyright violation with stealing is a huge stretch of the imagination. It’s inaccurate and misleading, though I don’t believe you did it on purpose.


Jon – 2005-05-24 19:03:21
“Also, equating copyright violation with stealing is a huge stretch of the imagination. It’s inaccurate and misleading, though I don’t believe you did it on purpose.” 

*sigh* 

Phil, sometimes I think you don’t listen to anything I say. :-)


Jeff – 2005-05-25 00:16:35
Most of the time, all you have to do is write to the software company and ask permission to use one copy on a network of home computers. Usually they have no problem with this as long as it remains in the same home, and not used for commericial use. If they say its ok to use their software in the prescibed way, its not illegal… Silence or no response can also be taken as giving legal consent. Carry on. 


Ben – email – 2005-05-25 00:40:00
I’m not sure if the big issue is using it on as many computers as I want…the issue is principle. I want the freedom to reprint the Bible and distribute it. I would like the right to copy the Bible in it’s entirety and email it to a friend. I would like the freedom to quote the entire book of Jonah or Jude without being in violation. It seems to me that nomatter how much money I spend, no matter how many licenses I buy I do not have that freedom. 

Here is a link to the NASB restrictions (the same restrictions are noted in my hardcopy NASB). 

http://lockman.gospelcom.net/tlf/copyright.php#nasb


Phil – email – 2005-05-25 12:13:17
I didn’t say copyright violation is not wrong; I said it’s not stealing. Stealing involves depriving another party. 

That’s a good point, Ben. You don’t want to have to think about whether or not what you are doing with the text is ok; you should be able to use it as you please. 

I find for my own use it is often worth going over the KJV even if it seems awkward (The King’s English is the Best English), but I can see how you would be reluctant to offer it to someone else who may not be all that interested in the first place. 

I tried using Young’s Literal Translation a while ago when I was looking around at Bible software. It was mostly a cursory look that I took, but it seemed to be quite readable.

2004-08-25 20:22:00

2004-08-25 20:22:00
Cheney for Homosexual Marriage

“People ought to be free to enter into any kind of relationship they want to.” 
— Dick Cheney

Note that he uses the word “any” type of relationship… I want all my blog readers to pay special attention to the following because it will not stop there. After homesoxual marriage comes bestiality and pedophilic marriage. How about group sex? Why not give marriage benefits to a group of people that all want to have one marriage? After all, shouldn’t you be allowed to enter into “any kind of relationship [you] want to?” 

Latest developments at DrudgeReport

2004-08-25 20:02:00

2004-08-25 20:02:00

Airplane Down in Russia
One Russian airliner crashed and another is missing at about the same time. Read the latest developments at FOXNews.com
Update @ 21:10: Just in. The second plane that went missing activated its “hijacking” signal before going down. It has also crashed. 

2004-07-30 20:39:00

2004-07-30 20:39:00
Romans 8:28
A day of joy and excitement for some friends, but death for others. How I will miss my old Awana commander. Your family is in my prayers. Brave to the end. I salute you, sir.

2004-07-02 12:31:00

2004-07-02 12:31:00

TOLIGHT. I listen. I listen to cars, bikes, trams. I listen to peoples’ feet take steps on the ground. I stop and listen to voices. It is one voice I hear that surprises me. Then I hear another voice much like the first, but before it is finished I hear a third voice which echos the first two. The voices are saying they want freedom. Freedom from culture, from religion, from parents. They want to become mainstream, to live their own lives, to walk a different path than those who came before them. Please pray for these people, that they will find what can make them different. That their darkness will be replaced with light.