Open Source Bible
"NASB", "NAS", "New American Standard Bible" and the "New American Standard" trademarks ... are registered by the Lockman Foundation. Use ... requires the permission of The Lockman FoundationPERMISSION TO QUOTE
The text of the ... may be quoted and/or reprinted up to ... five hundred (500) verses ... do not amount to ... more than 25% of the total work in which ...
So I guess if I posted a copy online I would be in big trouble. And that the bible is owned, er the trademark is registered to, by an institution that can instruct that an individual be placed into protective custody and charged with punitive fines for sharing the word of God. Oh, I forgot, for the translated word of God. Then I started thinking "Who is Zondervan? Who is The Lockman Foundation? One appears to be a for profit publisher, while the latter is a "nonprofit, interDenOMINATIONal ministry". The Zondervan web site is a professional looking online shop, compared to most of the online retailers who still haven't a clue. Nothing wrong with the profit motive but I do ponder if the typical bible mega-publishing conglomerate CEO enjoys as vast a ratio between his compensation package and lower level worker average salary like his Fortune 100 counterparts. Certainly, there's no campaign to move bible publishing manufacturing offshore like how U.S. flags are made in China.
I wondered, too, if there's been any work on an "Open Source Bible" effort? Besides the King James Version on Project Gutenburg. I did note a few "copyright" versions posted online - I presume the folks posting and downloading those text files don't believe that they've violated Exodus 20. Or they care not either way.