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GoBibleLicense
Explanation of the Go Bible license.
Even though the Google code project indicates that the source files are under the New BSD License they are actually in the public domain.
The reason for specifying New BSD License is because there is no option in Google code to specify public domain.
As far as we are currently aware the selection of the New BSD License in the Google code project options doesn't restrict the submission of files with other licenses.
This is an example of the type of comment at the top of each source file:
// // GoBibleCreator.java // GoBibleCreator // // Created by Jolon Faichney on Sat Oct 30 2004. // For the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ and the furtherance of His Kingdom. // This file is placed into the public domain. //
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The fact that the developer kit Go Bible Creator is open source and public domain does not absolve users of the software of their responsibility to ensure that they comply with the copyright requirements concerning Biblical texts that they encode for Java enabled mobile phones (et al) using the software.
The mere fact that a source ThML or OSIS file is available for unrestricted downloads from other websites does not imply that any Go Bible application made from such a file is free of copyright requirements. Permission should always be sought from the copyright holder except for material that is already public domain.
In the USA, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act makes complicates the situation, as regards being able to precisely determine whether such textual material is still under copyright.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMCA for information about the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_License for information about the New BSD License.
For an interesting and relevant slant on copyright in a very similar context, please read Karl Kleinpaste's philosophy.... http://karl.kleinpaste.org/sword/scripts/