10-08-2008, 10:33 PM
Shlama Khulkon:
Actually the database is precisely the same for The Way Int. and Dr.Kiraz's Sedra III that we use on <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.dukhrana.com">http://www.dukhrana.com</a><!-- m -->. Now, depending whom you ask, both Dr. Kiraz and The Way International lay claim to the intellectual property of the Lexical database. It's just the numbering system 1=AaAaR/air, 2=B'aAAaR/in (the) air....etc., that is in question. No one can hold a copyright for the Aramaic lexicon itself. Lars and I have permission from Dr. Kiraz to use Sedra III as well as his East Adiabene glyphs in a (V1.1) TTF format. I still don't have a clear understanding of who is the actual copyright holder of the Lexical database numbering system. It's a straightforward matter to incorporate the numbering system along with the Aramaic Lexicon in a user friendly interface. Again there is no legality in holding a copyright for dictionary words in any language. I don't even think it's legal to hold a copyright of 1, 2, 3, ...etc. The database is the compilation of an alphabetical list. To anyone intelligent enough to use a dictionary this is common understanding and that's not in and of itself intellectual property. The intellectual property is the Way International's user friendly interface. When you type in a word it spits out the parsing and New Testament verses in their proprietary Concordance. That's what The Way International has a copyright for. The Sedra III at <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.dukhrana.com">http://www.dukhrana.com</a><!-- m --> uses the very same database and Lars Lindgren has created the user friendly interface which does the very same thing that The Way International Lexicon does. However, I think Lars' is better because you can analyze whole verses. He's got this amazing gift for putting things into user friendly code. So, enjoy the free use of the Lexicon and for goodness' sake don't worry about copyright.
Shlama,
Stephen
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Shlama,
Stephen
Actually the database is precisely the same for The Way Int. and Dr.Kiraz's Sedra III that we use on <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.dukhrana.com">http://www.dukhrana.com</a><!-- m -->. Now, depending whom you ask, both Dr. Kiraz and The Way International lay claim to the intellectual property of the Lexical database. It's just the numbering system 1=AaAaR/air, 2=B'aAAaR/in (the) air....etc., that is in question. No one can hold a copyright for the Aramaic lexicon itself. Lars and I have permission from Dr. Kiraz to use Sedra III as well as his East Adiabene glyphs in a (V1.1) TTF format. I still don't have a clear understanding of who is the actual copyright holder of the Lexical database numbering system. It's a straightforward matter to incorporate the numbering system along with the Aramaic Lexicon in a user friendly interface. Again there is no legality in holding a copyright for dictionary words in any language. I don't even think it's legal to hold a copyright of 1, 2, 3, ...etc. The database is the compilation of an alphabetical list. To anyone intelligent enough to use a dictionary this is common understanding and that's not in and of itself intellectual property. The intellectual property is the Way International's user friendly interface. When you type in a word it spits out the parsing and New Testament verses in their proprietary Concordance. That's what The Way International has a copyright for. The Sedra III at <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.dukhrana.com">http://www.dukhrana.com</a><!-- m --> uses the very same database and Lars Lindgren has created the user friendly interface which does the very same thing that The Way International Lexicon does. However, I think Lars' is better because you can analyze whole verses. He's got this amazing gift for putting things into user friendly code. So, enjoy the free use of the Lexicon and for goodness' sake don't worry about copyright.
Shlama,
Stephen
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.dukhrana.com">http://www.dukhrana.com</a><!-- m -->
Shlama,
Stephen