License and Attribution - Qumran Digital Reader (QDR)

Platform License

The Qumran Digital Reader platform software is © 2026 Michael Muzar and released under the MIT License. This includes the site builder, HTML template, morphological decoder, and all interface code.

Platform Attribution:
Qumran Digital Reader (QDR) © 2026 Michael Muzar.
Released under MIT License.
Source: https://github.com/evenderekh/qdr

Text and Morphology Sources

QDR presents text and morphological data drawn from the following upstream sources. Each carries its own license; redistribution of this site must respect all of them.

Dead Sea Scrolls Corpus (ETCBC/Abegg) CC-BY-NC 4.0

Text & Morphology

Dead Sea Scrolls in Text-Fabric Format
Based on Martin Abegg's transcriptions, processed by ETCBC.
Covers 266 biblical scrolls, 735 non-biblical texts.

License

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0
Non-commercial use only. Attribution required.
Commercial redistribution is prohibited.

Required Attribution:
Naaijer, M., & Roorda, D. (2019).
Dead Sea Scrolls in TF format based on Abegg's data [Dataset].
ETCBC. https://github.com/ETCBC/dss
License: CC-BY-NC 4.0

Lexical Sources

The linguistic panel draws definitions from three sources in order of preference: THB → Strong's → BDB. The panel labels which source it is quoting.

THB Curated Definitions MIT

Source

Translator's Hebrew Bible Lexicon
Curated Hebrew definitions maintained by the THB project for use across QDR and THB.

License

MIT License
© 2026 Michael Muzar.
Free to use, modify, and redistribute.

Source:
Muzar, M. (2026). Translator's Hebrew Bible (THB) lexicon [Dataset].
https://github.com/evenderekh/thb
License: MIT

Strong's Hebrew Concordance Public Domain

Source

Strong's Hebrew XML — openscriptures
Digitised edition of James Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890) by Troidl & Instone-Brewer.

License

Public Domain
Original 1890 work and digital edition are in the public domain.

Source:
Troidl, R. & Instone-Brewer, D. Strong's Hebrew XML.
https://github.com/openscriptures/strongs
Public Domain

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (BDB Enhanced) Public Domain CC-BY 4.0

Source

unfoldingWord BDB Enhanced
Enhanced digital edition of Brown, Driver & Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon (1906).
Enhanced by Ruark, R., de Joode, J., Ku, M., & Wong, E.

License

Original (1906): Public Domain
Enhancements: CC-BY 4.0
Attribution required for the enhanced digital edition.

Required Attribution:
Brown, F., Driver, S. R., & Briggs, C. A. (1906). A Hebrew and English Lexicon.
Enhanced digital edition: Ruark, R., de Joode, J., Ku, M., & Wong, E. for unfoldingWord.
https://github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced
License: CC-BY 4.0

Usage and Redistribution

The QDR platform (MIT) may be freely used, modified, and redistributed. The underlying DSS corpus (CC-BY-NC 4.0) prohibits commercial redistribution — this restriction applies regardless of the platform license. Non-commercial use of the corpus requires attribution to Naaijer, Roorda, and the ETCBC.

For academic research, cite primary sources and critical editions directly. QDR is a reading tool, not a substitute for authoritative scholarship.

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