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Re:My First Year in the App Store by callmeed on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @05:38PM (#5598164)
I'm curious what translation you used (I signed up for the rest of the posts but haven't got through them).

Most modern English translations of the Bible are copyrighted and often you can only quote/print a limited number of verses without paying licensing. (I think the best public domain version is probably the ASV from 1901).

Did you license a spanish version of the Bible? Pay someone to translate a modern one? If so, were there legal hurdles to translating a copyrighted version?

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Re:My First Year in the App Store by trevmckendrick on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @05:41PM (#5598182)
You're right that most well known Bible translations are copyrighted. I found one that is in the public domain so it was game on.
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Re:My First Year in the App Store by prewett on Wednesday April 24, 2013 @04:54AM (#5600503)
The NET translation (bible.org) is widely used in free Bible apps, so while it is not public domain, it seems to be free. It's a nice translation, and also has lots of notes (if the app provides them).

The ESV translation has a free app, too, although that might not help someone trying to add it in their Bible app.

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