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

[Youssef Assad <youssef dot assad at gmail dot com>]

On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:11:40 -0700 (PDT)
Ossama Khayat <okhayat at yahoo dot com> wrote:

> 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

I can't think of a better case for forking!

> ----- 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.
> 
>