Re: Permission to distribute Allah.com's Quran translation

[Ossama Khayat <okhayat at yahoo dot com>]

I agree with M. Yousif. You cannot verify the validity of the translation and I also don't trust the content that comes from Allah.com in any aspect.

- Ossama

----- Original Message ----
From: Mohammed Yousif <mhdyousif at gmx dot net>
To: developer at arabeyes dot org
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 12:30:23 AM
Subject: Re: Permission to distribute Allah.com's Quran translation

On الخميس 27 سبتمبر 2007, Afief Halumi wrote:
> Isn't a 50% valid translation still better than no translation at all?
> I mean any GPL program you see says "this program might burn your computer,
> eat your data, and rape your sister. just because it never happened doesn't
> mean it's impossible, we claim no responsibility"
>

Burning your computer is something you can sense and later fix, but burning 
your brain isn't.

"Validity" here includes belief, ideology, and intent.



-- 
Lt. Mohammed Yousif
Signal Corps
The Egyptian Army
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