Applying for copyright maintainer - cease and desist Re: [sword-devel] One thing That I would like to see...

[DM Smith]

I realize that this is a late reply to this note, but I think that it 
pertains to the most recent thread regarding copyrights. Daniel if you 
meant it when you wrote it and if you still mean it, perhaps this would 
be a good time to help direct the activities of Jonathan and others.

If they are going to contact the copyright owners of the copyrighted 
material that is on Crosswire (in order to confirm their former 
permission) as representing Crosswire, I think it might be wise to 
create "official" correspondence for this matter.

Chris Little wrote:

> Daniel Glassey wrote:
>
>> OK, subject to anyone objecting I am asking to take over copyright
>> duties (I have emailed people already with some ideas but Troy is
>> offline at the mo).
>
> I'm of two minds on this issue. On the one hand, I object to the idea 
> of your taking over copyright duties because I fear that you don't 
> know what a huge task you're taking on and that you'll eventually quit 
> the project altogether. :) But if you really think you want to do 
> this, I don't object.
>
>> In the meantime, if anyone here is thinking of sending any letters or
>> emails to copyright holders please don't. As Barry says, it is
>> counterproductive. Contact me with what you want to say and if it is 
>> appropriate I will decide what to do.
>
> Yes, please don't. It makes us look bad. I think I'm on record as 
> having that position and being of the opinion that the whole premise 
> behind the copyright page, as it stands now, is horrible. I'm unaware 
> of any time that any letter writing campaign to release content has 
> succeeded.
>
> And the little "locked" links on the website should definitely go 
> away. They're incredibly confusing to users and misrepresent the 
> actual state of affairs.