Comments for The Open Siddur Project Development Blog http://opensiddur.net craft your own Jewish prayer book Sun, 14 Feb 2010 06:00:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on Free as in Freedom by The Open Siddur Project Development Blog / http://opensiddur.net/2009/10/free-as-in-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-96 The Open Siddur Project Development Blog / Sun, 14 Feb 2010 06:00:25 +0000 http://opensiddur.net/?p=201#comment-96 [...] Digitization and networks provide the foundation for easy dissemination of cultural works. So much of the legacy of our cultural inheritance is already in the Public Domain, and thus, free, but bottled up in print media. The tragedy is that in the conversion from print to digital media, cultural workers are using closed standards and terms-of-use agreements which limit access to other cultural innovators. It is a real travesty when amazing and ambitious projects assume ownership of our common cultural heritage through onerous terms-of-use agreements. (See for example, Davka Corp’s license). [...] [...] Digitization and networks provide the foundation for easy dissemination of cultural works. So much of the legacy of our cultural inheritance is already in the Public Domain, and thus, free, but bottled up in print media. The tragedy is that in the conversion from print to digital media, cultural workers are using closed standards and terms-of-use agreements which limit access to other cultural innovators. It is a real travesty when amazing and ambitious projects assume ownership of our common cultural heritage through onerous terms-of-use agreements. (See for example, Davka Corp’s license). [...]

]]> Comment on An Economic Argument for Free Primary Data by “An Economic Argument for Free Primary Data” | Open Scriptures http://opensiddur.net/2010/02/an-economic-argument-for-free-primary-data/comment-page-1/#comment-89 “An Economic Argument for Free Primary Data” | Open Scriptures Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:27:23 +0000 http://opensiddur.net/?p=359#comment-89 [...] Efraim Feinstein wrote an excellent blog post on Open Siddur Project Development Blog on “An Economic Argument for Free Primary Data”. Here’re the introductory [...] [...] Efraim Feinstein wrote an excellent blog post on Open Siddur Project Development Blog on “An Economic Argument for Free Primary Data”. Here’re the introductory [...]

]]> Comment on Email list changes by Aharon http://opensiddur.net/2010/02/email-list-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Aharon Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:09:11 +0000 http://opensiddur.net/?p=353#comment-88 Just wondering which list is more tachlis: the tech-list or the talk-list? :) Just wondering which list is more tachlis: the tech-list or the talk-list?

:)

]]> Comment on About by The Open Siddur Project Developer Blog / Welcome Jewish Week Readers! http://opensiddur.net/about/comment-page-1/#comment-83 The Open Siddur Project Developer Blog / Welcome Jewish Week Readers! Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:41:57 +0000 http://aharon.varady.net/opensiddur/?page_id=2#comment-83 [...] more about our mission, click here. To see some early technology demos, click here. To learn move about how you can get involved in [...] [...] more about our mission, click here. To see some early technology demos, click here. To learn move about how you can get involved in [...]

]]> Comment on Contact by The Open Siddur Project / Welcome Jewish Week Readers! http://opensiddur.net/contact/comment-page-1/#comment-81 The Open Siddur Project / Welcome Jewish Week Readers! Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:25:29 +0000 http://opensiddur.net/?page_id=76#comment-81 [...] The Open Siddur Project craft your own Jewish prayer book Skip to content HomeAboutThank YouContributeJoin UsDevelopmentHistoryContact [...] [...] The Open Siddur Project craft your own Jewish prayer book Skip to content HomeAboutThank YouContributeJoin UsDevelopmentHistoryContact [...]

]]> Comment on Welcome Tablet Readers by Efraim Feinstein http://opensiddur.net/2009/12/how-you-can-help-us/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Efraim Feinstein Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:58:58 +0000 http://opensiddur.net/?p=235#comment-62 In case you're looking for it, the haggadah transcription is in a rather inaccessible form in <a href="http://jewishliturgy.googlecode.com/svn/tags/proof-of-concept/" rel="nofollow">the proof of concept code</a> which was used to generate the graphic on the front page of the wiki. As soon as I get a freely redistributable scanned copy of the original source (I worked off the copy at the Jewish National and University Library website, which is, unfortunately, not redistributable by us), I intend to put the full transcription on the wiki and hopefully proofread it. (I intend to have the scan by the end of this weekend!) Once the rest of our infrastructure is in place, its full power - which goes far beyond copying & pasting into a word processor - will be usable on the text (allowing online remixing, etc.). As for machzorim, yes there are plans for them. What determines how quickly anything happens is how many people are working on the project at any given time. More volunteers means faster progress. In case you’re looking for it, the haggadah transcription is in a rather inaccessible form in the proof of concept code which was used to generate the graphic on the front page of the wiki.

As soon as I get a freely redistributable scanned copy of the original source (I worked off the copy at the Jewish National and University Library website, which is, unfortunately, not redistributable by us), I intend to put the full transcription on the wiki and hopefully proofread it. (I intend to have the scan by the end of this weekend!)

Once the rest of our infrastructure is in place, its full power – which goes far beyond copying & pasting into a word processor – will be usable on the text (allowing online remixing, etc.).

As for machzorim, yes there are plans for them. What determines how quickly anything happens is how many people are working on the project at any given time. More volunteers means faster progress.

]]> Comment on Welcome Tablet Readers by Aharon http://opensiddur.net/2009/12/how-you-can-help-us/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Aharon Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:46:10 +0000 http://opensiddur.net/?p=235#comment-61 Efraim feinstein, our lead developer, digitally transcribed the text of a historic haggadah in the Public Domain, with its translation in English. This haggadah is ready for remixing and editing offline and is available as source texts at our wiki, http://wiki.jewishliturgy.org We are also working with some complementary innovative projects that our focused on personally customized haggadot. More details will be forthcoming as our work with them matures. Efraim feinstein, our lead developer, digitally transcribed the text of a historic haggadah in the Public Domain, with its translation in English. This haggadah is ready for remixing and editing offline and is available as source texts at our wiki, http://wiki.jewishliturgy.org

We are also working with some complementary innovative projects that our focused on personally customized haggadot. More details will be forthcoming as our work with them matures.

]]> Comment on Welcome Tablet Readers by Mike Shapiro http://opensiddur.net/2009/12/how-you-can-help-us/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Mike Shapiro Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:19:34 +0000 http://opensiddur.net/?p=235#comment-60 Thank you. This is almost more than wonderful. As someone who has been involved in Jewish communal work, as a volunteer and as a professional for well over 40 years I can only applaud this effort. It seems that almost every community with which I have been involved has been both satisfied with and dissatisfied with the available siddurim. To be able to craft a community siddur would have been something which could well contribute to the spirit of that community. Of course, the obvious question is: Are there plans for open source High Holiday machzorim and Haggadot? Thank you. This is almost more than wonderful.

As someone who has been involved in Jewish communal work, as a volunteer and as a professional for well over 40 years I can only applaud this effort.

It seems that almost every community with which I have been involved has been both satisfied with and dissatisfied with the available siddurim. To be able to craft a community siddur would have been something which could well contribute to the spirit of that community.

Of course, the obvious question is: Are there plans for open source High Holiday machzorim and Haggadot?

]]> Comment on About by Prayer Unbound: Reactions to Open Siddur « This is What a Rabbi Looks Like http://opensiddur.net/about/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Prayer Unbound: Reactions to Open Siddur « This is What a Rabbi Looks Like Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:04:12 +0000 http://aharon.varady.net/opensiddur/?page_id=2#comment-58 [...] Jump to Comments This article, which is a response to a wikipedia-style prayerbook project called Open Siddur, addresses what I believe to be some of the essential questions of Judaism: What is the function [...] [...] Jump to Comments This article, which is a response to a wikipedia-style prayerbook project called Open Siddur, addresses what I believe to be some of the essential questions of Judaism: What is the function [...]

]]> Comment on Contact by The Open Siddur Project / Welcome Tablet Readers http://opensiddur.net/contact/comment-page-1/#comment-57 The Open Siddur Project / Welcome Tablet Readers Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:48:44 +0000 http://opensiddur.net/?page_id=76#comment-57 [...] Open Siddur Project craft your own Jewish prayer book Skip to content HomeAboutHistoryContactJoin UsThank [...] [...] Open Siddur Project craft your own Jewish prayer book Skip to content HomeAboutHistoryContactJoin UsThank [...]

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