Re: LibQuran XML Data Question

[Mete Kural <metekural at yahoo dot com>]

Thanks a lot for your response.

Could the authors of the XML structure (not the text)
give permission for me to change the XML structure of
the files? Basically I would like to change the name
of the "sura" elements to "chapter" and the name of
the "aya" elements to "verse" and also a few other
changes in the way the attributes are arranged while
keeping the text the same.

Also, what are the copyright terms for the usage of
the Quran translation texts? Are they public domain? I
bet that some of them aren't public domain so would I
need to get permission from the translators if I
wanted to use the text on a website?

Thanks,
Mete

--- Mohammed Elzubeir <elzubeir at arabeyes dot org> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 10:06:22AM -0800, Mete Kural
> wrote:
> > Salaamun Aleykum,
> > 
> > Mashallah the LibQuran project is very impressive.
> I
> > was wondering what the copyright terms were for
> the
> > XML files in the data directory. Is it possible to
> use
> > LibQuran as a backend for a website to facilitate
> the
> > reading of the Quran online?
> 
> You most certainly can -- that's wha it's there for
> ;)
> > 
> > The readme file in the CVS says that the files in
> the
> > data directory are not under GNU GPL. I can
> understand
> > this because the Quran translations probably have
> > authors that are different than the authors of the
> > LibQuran project. It also notes that they are not
> to
> > be modified freely. I have two question about
> > modifications:
> > 
> > 1) Is it allowed to make modifications at the
> > character level? For example fixing typos,
> escpecially
> > the ones in the Arabic XML file.
> > 
> You may only submit corrections to us here so we can
> make them to
> the data files directly. If there are such mistakes,
> they will be taken
> care of immediately.
> 
> This is done via the bugzilla system:
> http://bugs.arabeyes.org/
> 
> > 2) Is it allowed to change the XML structure of
> the
> > files without touching the text itself?
> > 
> 
> You can, but you may want to reflect those changes
> back to the author(s).
> That is, the authors of the XML structure (and not
> the actual text).
> 
> My answers are not final, and the author(s) of the
> project may have a different
> view than mine -- but I think this goes along the
> same lines of the previous
> discussion on the subject.
> 
> Thank you.
> -- 
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