<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><font face="garamond, serif" size="4">What's your target audience geographically? Is this mostly non-English speaking concern? or is the gap of material mostly English?</font><br><br><font face="garamond, serif" size="4">On a desktop (in English,) the gap that "free" can't currently fill is not Bible Text, but in 20 and 21st century scholarship about Bible issues. It is very easy to see the text of practically any version of the Bible on a desktop computer with an internet connection. I nor any serious Bible Scholar doesn't need those. </font><br><br><font face="garamond, serif" size="4">The Gap (in English) that "free" can't fill are the copyrighted libraries of Logos and Accordance beyond the Bible text. </font><br><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"><div class="gmail_default"><br><a href="https://www.logos.com/compare/libraries">https://www.logos.com/compare/libraries</a><br><br>If you study that list, and make a list of "Can I access this online for free?" The Bibles all get check marks, but then the rest of those $5000-30000 Library items are all unchecked. Some of these items I've run into in discussions where my lack of access does leave me relying on mentions in email and chat groups, not the primary source. <br><br>The priority that exists for open source libraries is the large library of current and modern scholarship on the Bible that is locked behind near perpetual copyrights. Lack of modern scholarship is one of many sources but nearly a majority source of sectarian ideas like "KJVO" and the "mama trinity." These wacky topics have been debunked over and over in modern scholarship. And with true open libraries, KJVO and "mama trinity" wouldn't even exist. (and I'm not suggesting here anything directly about KJVO or a feminine member of the Trinity, those are just lead ins to hitting that paywall I keep running into. You can freely insert your gaps of knowledge that you study on but never find good materials for.) </div><div><br></div><br></font><br><br><br><br></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 1:54 PM Tobias Klein <<a href="mailto:contact@tklein.info">contact@tklein.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 13.03.19 13:14, Dominique Corbex wrote:<br>
> In France, people use modern (non-free) translation too, but *printed* <br>
> Bibles.<br>
> Some people I know have installed Bible apps on their phones but are not willing to pay for a non-free version.<br>
> And for good reason, popular modern translation have their own free apps on Play Store:<br>
> <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.SBG.s21" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.SBG.s21</a>)<br>
> <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.book.bible.bds" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.book.bible.bds</a><br>
> <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bible.jang.frpdv" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bible.jang.frpdv</a><br>
> <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=bible.parole.de.vie" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=bible.parole.de.vie</a><br>
<br>
Apps are often times available with non-free translations for free, but <br>
that's not the case for decent desktop bible study software.<br>
Even if the market is reduced to desktop bible study programs, that's <br>
still a rather large market where Sword-based software could increase <br>
its share.<br>
Desktop bible study software is often times used by people in ministries <br>
(teaching/preaching/bible study preparation). And these kind of users <br>
are usually also ready to pay.<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
Tobias<br>
<br>
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