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RE: fortune bible
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: "'it's not funny if i have to explain it'" <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 16:23:58 -0000
- Subject: RE: fortune bible
- Reply-to: Talk Amongst Yourselves <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
`> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-talk-owner On Behalf Of Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
> Sent: 14 January 2005 16:18
> On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 03:57:42PM -0000, Dave Korn wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: cygwin-talk-owner On Behalf Of Robb, Sam
> > > Sent: 13 January 2005 15:58
> > > To: Talk Amongst Yourselves
> > > Subject: RE: fortune bible
> > >
> > > > I'm truly tempted.
> > > >
> > > > What I'd really like is a Catholic Bible in fortune
> > > > format, but I don't think any of the officially
> > > > sanctioned English bibles are truly in the public
> > > > domain, despite the fact that the NAB is written by
> > > > the US Conference of Catholic Bishops. Go figure!
> > > >
> > > > I guess there's always the Latin Vulgate.
> > >
> > > The KJV, at least, is already in fortune format:
> > >
> > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/fortunebible/
> > >
> > > There are many older translations that are in the
> > > public domain - ASV (1901), Darby's (1890's), Young's
> > > (1898), and others (Geneva Bible, etc.)
> > >
> > > -Samrobb
> >
> >
> > I thought copyright expires seventy years after the author's
> > death? Does this mean Nietzche was right?
>
> In the US, it's not that simple. There's a good summary here:
> http://www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm
;) didn't think I was being that subtle as to get taken seriously! LOL
cheers,
DaveK
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